title: Hue-based quantification of mechanochromism towards a cost-effective detection of mechanical strain in polymer systems.
abstract: HSV is a digital colour space easily accessible by the transformation of RGB images. In this work, the hue parameter H was used to assess mechanically induced colour changes of the aggregation-sensitive fluorescent dye 4,4'-bis-(2-benzoxazolyl)stilbene (BBS), thus implementing a cheap and reliable method for the detection of mechanical deformation in a polymer matrix.
authors.affiliation: NEST - Scuola Normale Superiore, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR (CNR-NANO), p.zza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy. ranieri.bizzarri@nano.cnr.it and M3-Village, Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali - INSTM, p.zza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4431-7475
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy. andrea.pucci@unipi.it.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minei
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy. andrea.pucci@unipi.it.
authors.forename: A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1278-5004
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pucci
authors.affiliation: NEST - Scuola Normale Superiore, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR (CNR-NANO), p.zza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy. ranieri.bizzarri@nano.cnr.it and M3-Village, Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali - INSTM, p.zza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bizzarri