mechanochemistryn.
/ˌmɛkənəʊˈkɛmᵻstri/, U.S. /ˌmɛkənoʊˈkɛməstri/ The branch of science that deals with the relation between mechanical and chemical phenomena and the interconversion of these forms of energy. Also: the mechanical aspects of biochemical processes.
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physical chemistry1743
zymology1753
pneumatic chemistry1788
stoicheiometry1807
electrochemistry1811
phytochemistry1837
thermochemistry1844
actinochemistry1845
inorganic chemistry1847
phytochimy1847
biochemistry1848
microchemistry1853
palaeochemistry1854
actinology1855
photochemistry1860
physico-chemistry1860
zymotechny1860
anorganology1876
kinetics1884
structural chemistry1884
stereochemistry1890
spectrochemistry1893
cytochemistry1900
radiochemistry1904
immunochemistry1907
magnetochemistry1914
leptonology1917
surface chemistry1919
crystal chemistry1921
radiation chemistry1926
leptology1928
mechanochemistry1928
agrochemistry1930
sonochemistry1934
quantum chemistry1938
cosmochemistry1940
polymer chemistry1945
conductometry1946
topochemistry1948
proto-chemistry1962
stereology1963
biochem1968
femtochemistry1988
combinatorial chemistry1992
cheminformatics1996
1928 P. M. Travis Mechanochem. 3 This new science of mechanical dispersion, involving the principles of physical chemistry, I am calling ‘Mechanochemistry’, because it involves dispersion or deflocculation by mechanical means rather than by chemical.
1951 Jrnl. Polymer Sci. 7 407 A simplified model which discloses the principles of the mechanochemistry of polyelectrolytes will be shown here.
1961 New Scientist 2 Mar. 548/3 In the USSR..the field of investigation has been aptly named ‘mechanochemistry’, in line with ‘electrochemistry’ and ‘photochemistry’.
1972 Science 3 Nov. 460/2 A complete understanding of the sliding filament model for generating flagellar bending waves must include an understanding of the mechanochemistry of the active sites at the molecular level.
1997 Nature 2 Jan. 18 (heading) Mechanochemistry. A protein-making motor protein.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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