Trang Manh Khang
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Dr. Trang Manh Khang is pioneering the frontier of smart, stimuli-responsive materials, with a core focus on mechanochromic polymers and high-performance elastomers. His landmark 2022 work, “Reversible Ratiometric Mechanochromic Fluorescence Switching in Highly Stretchable Polyurethane Elastomers with Ultratoughness Enhanced by Polyrotaxane,” stands as a key contribution to the field. In this study, Dr. Khang engineered a novel polyurethane system that integrates a polyrotaxane—a molecular “sliding ring” structure—to achieve both exceptional toughness and remarkable stretchability. The material’s defining feature is its ability to undergo a reversible, ratiometric fluorescence color change (from green to blue) upon mechanical stretching, enabled by a carefully designed naphthalimide-based donor-acceptor mechanophore. This dual-response mechanism—simultaneously reporting stress via a visible color shift while maintaining structural integrity—offers a powerful platform for real-time damage sensing in advanced coatings, soft robotics, and wearable electronics. Garnering 31 citations since its 2022 publication, this work has already established Dr. Khang as a rising leader in the design of ultratough, self-reporting materials, bridging the gap between fundamental polymer physics and practical, damage-diagnostic applications.
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