Bottlebrush polymers: From controlled synthesis, self-assembly, properties to applications

Z Li, M Tang, S Liang, M Zhang, GM Biesold… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) have emerged as intriguing class of materials for an array of
applications, including supersoft elastomers, organic optoelectronics, templates for crafting …

Self-assembly as a key player for materials nanoarchitectonics

K Ariga, M Nishikawa, T Mori, J Takeya… - … and Technology of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The development of science and technology of advanced materials using nanoscale units
can be conducted by a novel concept involving combination of nanotechnology …

Molecular bottlebrushes as novel materials

G **e, MR Martinez, M Olszewski, SS Sheiko… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular bottlebrushes are building blocks for the design of unique polymeric materials
whose physical properties are fundamentally governed by their densely grafted structures …

Recent trends in catalytic polymerizations

DJ Walsh, MG Hyatt, SA Miller, D Guironnet - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Comb and bottlebrush polymers with superior rheological and mechanical properties

M Abbasi, L Faust, M Wilhelm - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Comb and bottlebrush polymers present a wide range of rheological and mechanical
properties that can be controlled through their molecular characteristics, such as the …

Cylinders-in-undulating-lamellae morphology from abc bottlebrush block terpolymers

S Cui, EA Murphy, W Zhang, A Zografos… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Block polymer self-assembly affords a versatile bottom-up strategy to develop materials with
the desired properties dictated by specific symmetries and dimensions. Owing to distinct …

Self-assembled nanostructures from amphiphilic block copolymers prepared via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

S Varlas, SB Lawrenson, LA Arkinstall… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of controlled/living polymerization methodologies has underpinned a
rapid expanse in our understanding of amphiphilic block copolymer self-assembly. In …

Materials design of highly branched bottlebrush polymers at the intersection of modeling, synthesis, processing, and characterization

T Pan, S Dutta, Y Kamble, BB Patel… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly branched “bottlebrush” polymers are a class of macromolecules characterized by
side chains that are densely grafted from a backbone that is typically linear. Their unique …

Bottlebrush networks: a primer for advanced architectures

BR Clarke, CL Witt, M Ilton, AJ Crosby… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bottlebrush networks (BBNs) are an exciting new class of materials with interesting physical
properties derived from their unique architecture. While great strides have been made in our …

A disubstituted-norbornene-based comonomer strategy to address polar monomer problem

M Xu, C Chen - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
The transition-metal-catalyzed copolymerization of olefins with polar comonomers is a direct
strategy to access polar-functionalized polyolefins in an economical manner. Due to the …