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Mechanical Microgel Cloaking
Concepts to control mechanical polymer degradation on demand are one possible pathway toward a sustainable polymer future. In article 2305845, Robert Göstl and co‐workers gate the mechanochemical degradation of microgels as prototypical material platform by light. The observed mechanical cloaking effect is caused by a photoinduced phase transition, hence operates on the...
The serial connection of multiple stimuli‐responses in polymer architectures enables the logically conjunctive gating of functional material processes on demand. Here, a photoswitchable diarylethene (DAE) acts as a crosslinker in poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam) microgels and allows the light‐induced shift of the volume phase‐transition temperature (VPTT). While swollen microgels below the VPTT are susceptible...