Ultrasound tops traditional synthesis in hunt for elusive golden polymer
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Patrick Hughes2021-01-08T09:30:00
Mechanochemical synthesis of fluorinated polyacetylene shows that mechanical force can tackle transformations that are near impossible with solvent-based chemistry
By unzipping fused ring molecules using mechanical force, researchers have made an elusive fluorinated polymer for the first time. The work provides proof-of-principle for mechanochemistry as a tool access structures that are difficult to make with traditional synthetic methods.