This review aims to provide a field guide for the implementation of mechanochemistry in synthetic polymers by summarizing molecules, materials, and methods that have been developed this field.

The presence of amino acids on the prebiotic Earth, either stemming from endogenous chemical routes or delivered by meteorites, is consensually accepted. Prebiotically plausible pathways to peptides inactivated are still unclear as most oligomerization approaches rely thermodynamically disfavored reactions in solution. Now, a combination prebiotically minerals and mechanochemical activation ena...

The task of this article is to update, develop and introduce into scientific practice the method "mechanochemical recrystallization" in solid-phase systems with small additives liquid phase solvent precursors stabilize formed nanoparticles. essence shown using example mechanical activation S–AgNO3–NH4X system, where X = Cl, Br, I, addition dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), resulting mechanochemical sy...

We describe a simple, rapid methodology for the synthesis of water-stable iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) compatible with a variety of aqueous buffers, based on mechanochemical milling exchange of covalently bound surface ligands on pre-fabricated oleic acid-protected IONPs. Application of milling for IONP ligand exchange eliminates steps required for transforming hydrophobic into negatively c...

Environmentally friendly one-pot synthesis of amides, bis-amides and dipeptides by mechanochemical carbodiimide-mediated coupling of carboxylic acids and amines is described; high reaction yields and simple aqueous work-up allow for the clean, practical and fast preparation of a variety of compounds containing the amide bond from readily accessible reagents.

Two different site-specific cleavage mechanisms for copolymer micelles under ultrasound and redox were confirmed. The finding that ultrasound induced mechanochemical cleavage of central ester bonds can open up a new way in the design of novel ultrasound responsive copolymer micelles for drug release.