Brandon H. Bowser

Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands

Zi Wang, Xujun Zheng, Tetsu Ouchi et al. · Science · 2021 · 310 citations

Empowering mechanochemistry with multi-mechanophore polymer architectures

Brandon H. Bowser, Stephen L. Craig · Polymer Chemistry · 2018 · 119 citations

Materials Science, Function Relative, Engineering +12

Mechanism Dictates Mechanics: A Molecular Substituent Effect in the Macroscopic Fracture of a Covalent Polymer Network

Shu Wang, Haley K. Beech, Brandon H. Bowser et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021 · 71 citations

Substituent Effects in Mechanochemical Allowed and Forbidden Cyclobutene Ring-Opening Reactions

Cameron L. Brown, Brandon H. Bowser, Jan Meisner et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021 · 64 citations · Full text

Single-Event Spectroscopy and Unravelling Kinetics of Covalent Domains Based on Cyclobutane Mechanophores

Brandon H. Bowser, Shu Wang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021 · 64 citations