In recent years, polymer mechanochemistry has evolved as a methodology to provide insights into the action‐reaction relationships of polymers and polymer‐based materials and composites in terms of macroscopic force application (stress) and subsequent deformation (strain) through a mechanophore‐assisted coupling of mechanical and chemical phenomena. The perplexity of the process, however, from the viewpoint of mechanophore activation via a molecular‐scaled disruption of the structure that yields a macroscopically detectable optical signal, renders this otherwise rapidly evolving field challenging. Motivated by this, we highlight here recent advancements of polymer mechanochemistry with particular focus on the establishment of methodologies for the efficient activation and quantification of mechanophores and anticipate to aptly pinpoint unresolved matters and limitations of the respective approaches, thus highlighting possible developments.

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使用机械力在聚合物材料中施加和感应力的方法。

近年来，高分子力学化学已发展成为一种方法，可通过宏观力学作用力（应力）和随后的机械力辅助耦合变形（应变）来洞察聚合物与聚合物基材料及复合材料之间的作用-反应关系。机械和化学现象。然而，从机械机理通过分子尺度的结构破坏会产生宏观上可检测到的光信号，这给否则迅速发展的领域带来了挑战。因此，我们在此着重介绍高分子机械化学的最新进展，特别着重于建立有效活化和定量机制的方法学，并期望适当地指出未解决的问题和各自方法的局限性，从而强调可能的发展。