Qualitative sensing of mechanical damage by a fluorogenic “click” reaction

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc05390d
• Publication Date: 2016-08-12T16:00:13Z
• Authors: Diana Döhler; Sravendra Rana; Harald Rupp; Henrik Bergmann; Shahed Behzadi; Daniel Crespy; Wolfgang H. Binder
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A simple and unique damage-sensing tool mediated by a Cu(i)-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition reaction is reported, where a fluorogenic “click”-reaction highlights physical damage by a strong fluorescence increase accompanied by in situ monitoring of localized self-healing.