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 …

Polymer degradation: a short review

J Vohlídal - Chemistry Teacher International, 2021 - degruyter.com
The reader will find basic knowledge about the degradation of polymers, its causes, course
and consequences in a broader context, as indicated through the list of the chapter titles …

Super-hydrophilic electrospun PAN nanofibrous membrane modified with alkaline treatment and ultrasonic-assisted PANI in-situ polymerization for highly efficient …

M Shakiba, M Abdouss, S Mazinani… - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyaniline (PANI) is utilized in numerous membrane-based oil/water emulsion separation
systems due to its simple synthesis, low cost, chemical stability, and abundant amino …

Mechanochemical degradation of amorphous polymers with ball-mill grinding: Influence of the glass transition temperature

GI Peterson, W Ko, YJ Hwang, TL Choi - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
The influence of ball-mill grinding process parameters and polymer properties on the
mechanochemical degradation of amorphous polymers was explored. For process …

Monodisperse cyclic polymer mechanochemistry: scission kinetics and the dynamic memory effect with ultrasonication and ball-mill grinding

J Noh, MB Koo, J Jung, GI Peterson… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of monodisperse cyclic and linear poly (d, l-lactide) s (c-PLA and l-PLA,
respectively) were prepared with various degrees of polymerization (DP) using an iterative …

Polymer mechanochemistry in microbubbles

M Xuan, J Fan, VN Khiêm, M Zou… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer mechanochemistry is a promising technology to convert mechanical energy into
chemical functionality by breaking covalent and supramolecular bonds site‐selectively. Yet …

Progress toward sustainable polymer technologies with ball-mill grinding

A Rizzo, GI Peterson - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The ball-mill grinding (BMG) of polymers has a long history, starting with Staudinger
showing in the 1930s that polystyrene undergoes chain scission upon ball milling. However …

Linear versus Helical Side Chains in Bottlebrush Polymers: Morphology and Mechanochemistry

H Zhang, CE Diesendruck - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) present numerous intriguing properties, eg, extended wormlike
conformation and compact molecular dimension. Here, we customize BBPs' architectures by …

The influence of polymer architecture in polymer mechanochemistry

GI Peterson, TL Choi - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer architecture is an important factor in polymer mechanochemistry. In this Feature
Article, we summarize recent developments in utilizing polymer architecture to modulate …

Sonopharmacology: controlling pharmacotherapy and diagnosis by ultrasound-induced polymer mechanochemistry

D Yildiz, R Göstl, A Herrmann - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Active pharmaceutical ingredients are the most consequential and widely employed
treatment in medicine although they suffer from many systematic limitations, particularly off …