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6 Ultrasound as Mechanical Force
Nguyen TQ, Liang OZ, Kausch HH (1997) Kinetics of ultrasonic and transient elongational flow
degradation: a comparative study. Polymer 38:3783–3793
Nguyen TT, Asakura Y, Koda S, Yasuda K (2017) Dependence of cavitation, chemical effect and
mechanical effect thresholds on ultrasonic frequency. Ultrason Sonochem 39:301–306
Piermattei A, Karthikeyan S, Sijbesma RP (2009) Activating catalysts with mechanical force. Nat
Chem 1:133–137
Price GJ, Smith PF (1993) Ultrasonic degradation of polymer solutions: 2. The effect of temperature,
ultrasound intensity and dissolved gases on polystyrene in toluene. Polymer 34:4111–4117
Ribas-Arino J, Marx D (2012) Covalent mechanochemistry: theoretical concepts and computational
tools with applications to molecular nanomechanics. Chem Rev 112:5412–5487
Sohma J (1989) Mechanochemistry of polymers. Prog Polym Sci 14:451–596
Stauch T, Dreuw A (2016) Advances in quantum mechanochemistry: electronic structure methods
and force analysis. Chem Rev 116:14137–14180
Teo BM, Grieser F, Ashokkumar M (2012) Applications of ultrasound to polymer synthesis. In:
Chen D, Sharma SK, Mudhoo A (eds) Handbook on applications of ultrasound. Sonochemistry
for sustainability, ch 19. CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 475–500
Thomas JR (1959) Sonic degradation of high polymers in solution. J Phys Chem 63:1725–1729
Zhang H, Lin Y, Xu Y, Weng W (2015) Mechanochemistry of topological complex polymer systems.
In: Boulatov R (ed) Polymer mechanochemistry, Top Curr Chem, vol 369. Springer, Heidelberg,
pp 135–208
6 Ultrasound as Mechanical Force
Nguyen TQ, Liang OZ, Kausch HH (1997) Kinetics of ultrasonic and transient elongational flow
degradation: a comparative study. Polymer 38:3783–3793
Nguyen TT, Asakura Y, Koda S, Yasuda K (2017) Dependence of cavitation, chemical effect and
mechanical effect thresholds on ultrasonic frequency. Ultrason Sonochem 39:301–306
Piermattei A, Karthikeyan S, Sijbesma RP (2009) Activating catalysts with mechanical force. Nat
Chem 1:133–137
Price GJ, Smith PF (1993) Ultrasonic degradation of polymer solutions: 2. The effect of temperature,
ultrasound intensity and dissolved gases on polystyrene in toluene. Polymer 34:4111–4117
Ribas-Arino J, Marx D (2012) Covalent mechanochemistry: theoretical concepts and computational
tools with applications to molecular nanomechanics. Chem Rev 112:5412–5487
Sohma J (1989) Mechanochemistry of polymers. Prog Polym Sci 14:451–596
Stauch T, Dreuw A (2016) Advances in quantum mechanochemistry: electronic structure methods
and force analysis. Chem Rev 116:14137–14180
Teo BM, Grieser F, Ashokkumar M (2012) Applications of ultrasound to polymer synthesis. In:
Chen D, Sharma SK, Mudhoo A (eds) Handbook on applications of ultrasound. Sonochemistry
for sustainability, ch 19. CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 475–500
Thomas JR (1959) Sonic degradation of high polymers in solution. J Phys Chem 63:1725–1729
Zhang H, Lin Y, Xu Y, Weng W (2015) Mechanochemistry of topological complex polymer systems.
In: Boulatov R (ed) Polymer mechanochemistry, Top Curr Chem, vol 369. Springer, Heidelberg,
pp 135–208
