Christoph Weder

TL;DR: An overview of recent progress in the area of cellulose nanofibre-based nanocomposites is given in this article, with particular emphasis on applications, such as reinforced adhesives, to make optically transparent paper for electronic displays, to create DNA-hybrid materials, to generate hierarchical composites and for use in foams, aerogels and starch nanocom composites.

TL;DR: This work presents metallosupramolecular polymers that can be mended through exposure to light, which consist of telechelic, rubbery, low-molecular-mass polymers with ligand end groups that are non-covalently linked through metal-ion binding.

TL;DR: A family of polymer nanocomposites are reported on, which mimic this architecture and display similar chemoresponsive mechanic adaptability and larger modulus changes upon exposure to emulated physiological conditions.

TL;DR: The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for the design of functional materials, enabling the development of molecular materials with mechanoresponsive luminescence characteristics.

TL;DR: The influence of particle size and surface chemistry are discussed, in order to understand the possible risks of nanoplastics for humans and provide recommendations for future studies.