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{"title":"Aqueous photo-induced high shear shape selective pristine silver nano/micro particles†","authors":"Badriah M. Alotaibi, Chengyi Liu, Xianjue Chen and Colin L. Raston","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00013K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00013K","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report an efficient photo-contact electrification (CE) method for controlling the synthesis of pristine silver nanoparticles of different shapes, as one, two, and three-dimensional materials, notably rods, spicules and triangles. This uses a vortex fluidic device (VFD) which houses a rapidly rotating quartz tube tilted at 45° while the aqueous silver nitrate thin film is irradiated at 254 nm. The photo-CE associated with the mechanical energy imparted into the liquid in the microfluidic platform allows control of the size and shape of the nanoparticles, and some micron size particles, depending on the rotational speed of the tube and concentration of silver nitrate. Uniform shapes are generated with pristine surfaces in the absence of added reducing agents, with processing scalability under continuous flow. This synthetic method is also simple and cost-effective, and overall adheres to the principles of green chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 653-661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00013k?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanochemistry of phosphate esters with external electric fields†","authors":"Zhaoran Zhu and James P. Ewen","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00064E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00064E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The growth of tribofilms from the mechanochemical decomposition of lubricant additives is crucial to prevent wear of sliding metal surfaces. For some applications, such as electric vehicles and wind turbines, lubricants can be exposed to electric fields, which may affect tribofilm growth. Experimental tribometer results have shown conflicting results regarding antiwear tribofilm growth and wear under external electric potentials. Moreover, the effect of electric fields on the mechanochemical decomposition of lubricant additives remains unclear. Here, we use nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations to study the mechanochemical growth of a polyphosphate tribofilm from trialkyl phosphate molecules under external electrostatic fields. The decomposition rate of phosphate esters increases exponentially with the applied stress and temperature. The electric field generally accelerates the molecular decomposition, both by enhancing the interfacial stress and reducing the steric hindrance for nucleophilic substitution. The Bell model is used to analyse the electro-, mechano- and temperature-dependent decomposition process. Under weak electric fields, the activation energy for molecular decomposition increases due to the competition between electric field- and shear-induced deformations. For stronger fields, the activation energy decreases linearly with increased electric field strength and this dominates over the shear-induced molecular rotation. The resultant non-monotonic variation in the activation energy for molecular decomposition with electric field strength explains the conflicting effects of electric potential on tribofilm growth observed experimentally. The activation volume decreases linearly with increasing electric field strength, indicating a reduced dependence of the decomposition on shear stress as the electric field dominates. Asymmetric tribofilm growth is observed between surfaces with external electric fields, which is consistent with the experimental observations. This study presents atomistic insights for the coupling of electro- and mechano-catalysis of an industrially-important molecular decomposition process.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 732-744"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00064e?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chemical models to map the transformation from precursors to semiconductor materials at non-equilibrium conditions†","authors":"Hugo Rojas-Chávez","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00061K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00061K","url":null,"abstract":"<p >This work proposes the construction of chemical models based on the Gibbs composition triangle, which provides support for the proper interpretation of semiconductor synthesis under non-equilibrium processing, considering the pertinent variables of the system. It demonstrates how chemical models are constructed using experimental findings and theoretical insights and by incorporating data available in the literature. Then, an illustrative example is used to validate the construction, interpretation and application of a chemical model for obtaining PbTe <em>via</em> non-equilibrium process. This approach can be directly applied to forecast the formation of IV–VI and II–VI binary semiconductors, as well as the formation of ternary semiconductor solid solutions. However, it is exemplified—in this work—<em>via</em> the mechanochemical synthesis of PbTe. This work aims to construct a chemical model that maps the transformation from precursors to semiconductor material through the high-energy milling process.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 723-731"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00061k?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Amplification of spiropyran mechanophore activation in bulk polymers through a tethering strategy†","authors":"Sanjit Narendran, Zhenghao Zhai and Yangju Lin","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00037H","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00037H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The insertion of force-active molecules (mechanophores) with optical-switching properties into polymer chains has enabled the development of various mechanochromic polymers. Among them, colorimetric spiropyran (SP) has been the most extensively studied. However, the low extent of SP activation in bulk materials and the associated poor material mechano-sensitivity have hindered its broader applications. To address this challenge, we report the amplification of SP mechanophore activation in bulk materials through a tethering design. Two SP mechanophores were tethered through a long aliphatic linker, and the resulting molecule was employed as a crosslinker in silicone elastomer networks. This approach resulted in an enhancement of SP activation by more than twofold compared to its mono-SP counterpart. Additionally, we observed that increasing the number of added short linkers leads to greater tension constraints on these linkers, creating a self-reinforcing effect on mechanophore activation. We anticipate that this tethering strategy can be adapted to other non-scissile mechanophores in bulk studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 756-762"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00037h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ReaxFF molecular dynamics study of mechanochemical degradation of PFPE lubricants on DLC in heat-assisted magnetic recording†","authors":"Himanshu Shekhar, Shota Uchiyama, Yuxi Song, Hedong Zhang, Kenji Fukuzawa, Shintaro Itoh and Naoki Azuma","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00023H","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00023H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Understanding the degradation mechanisms of perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricants is critical for the reliability of Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) systems. In this study, we conducted ReaxFF reactive molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the role of diamond-like carbon (DLC) surfaces in PFPE degradation under confined shear and at elevated temperature. The results show that confined shear plays a more dominant role than temperature, with the decomposition rate constant increasing with shear velocity. PFPE degradation primarily initiates through C–OH bond rupture at end groups, typically after the OH group bonds to the DLC surfaces. Bonded PFPE molecules adopt bridge and loop conformations, both contributing comparably to degradation with increasing shear velocity, with bridges being slightly more sensitive to shear. Our analysis suggests that bridge dissociation is facilitated by shear-induced end-to-end stretching, while loop dissociation is driven by entanglement of conformationally flexible main chains. These insights provide guidance regarding further development of reliable HAMR systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 745-755"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00023h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Mechanochemical synthesis of eucairite CuAgSe and investigation of physicochemical and transport properties","authors":"Dáša Drenčaková, Marcela Achimovičová, Matej Baláž, Jiří Navrátil, Erika Tóthová, Maksym Lisnichuk, Jaroslav Briančin, Viktor Puchý and Tomáš Plecháček","doi":"10.1039/D5MR90018B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR90018B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Correction for ‘Mechanochemical synthesis of eucairite CuAgSe and investigation of physicochemical and transport properties’ by Dáša Drenčaková <em>et al.</em>, <em>RSC Mechanochem.</em>, 2025, <strong>2</strong>, 246–255, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MR00111G.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 770-770"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr90018b?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moving mechanochemistry forward: reimagining inorganic chemistry through mechanochemistry","authors":"Felipe García, Mamoru Senna and Vladimir Šepelák","doi":"10.1039/D5MR90017D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR90017D","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A graphical abstract is available for this content</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 4","pages":" 499-502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr90017d?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outstanding Reviewers for RSC Mechanochemistry in 2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1039/D5MR90016F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR90016F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of <em>RSC Mechanochemistry</em>’s reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in chemical science literature. We would also like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for <em>RSC Mechanochemistry</em> in 2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 4","pages":" 498-498"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr90016f?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanochemical McMurry reaction†","authors":"Sayan K. Jana, Sakshi Ajay Shirsath, Debjyoti Bhattacharjee, Pramod Kumar and Biplab Maji","doi":"10.1039/D5MR00065C","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00065C","url":null,"abstract":"<p >In this study, a mechanochemical adaptation of the McMurry coupling reaction was developed to synthesize ethylenes using Zn/TiCl<small>₄</small>/Et<small>₃</small>N as reagents. Leveraging solvent-free ball-milling conditions, the method achieved up to 97% yield across &gt;23 substrates. The reaction was performed without inert gas protection in a Teflon milling jar and was found to be scalable and to accommodate various functional groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 636-640"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d5mr00065c?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanism of plasmon-driven molecular jackhammers in mechanical opening and disassembly of membranes†","authors":"Ciceron Ayala-Orozco, Vardan Vardanyan, Katherine Lopez-Jaime, Zicheng Wang, Jorge M. Seminario, Anatoly B. Kolomeisky and James M. Tour","doi":"10.1039/D4MR00083H","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MR00083H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Plasmon-driven molecular jackhammers (MJHs) are a type of molecular machine that converts photon energy into mechanical energy. Upon insertion into lipid bilayers followed by near-infrared light activation, plasmon-driven MJH mechanically open cellular membranes through a process that is not inhibited by reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitors and does not induce thermal heating. The molecular mechanism by which the plasmon-driven MJH open and disassemble cellular membranes has not hitherto been established. Herein, we differentiate the mechanical mechanism in MJHs from the ROS-mediated chemical effects in photodynamic therapy or thermal effects in photothermal therapy. We further present a detailed molecular mechanism for the plasmon-driven MJH disassembly of lipid bilayers. The mechanical studies on plasmon-driven MJH disassembly processes on artificial lipid bilayers were done using ROS-unreactive saturated phytanoyl phospholipids. We were able to capture in real-time the lipid bilayer disassembly by MJHs using fluorescence confocal microscopy on saturated phospholipids in giant unilamellar vesicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":101140,"journal":{"name":"RSC Mechanochemistry","volume":" 5","pages":" 706-722"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mr/d4mr00083h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144929129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}