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 …

Structure, function, self-assembly, and applications of bottlebrush copolymers

R Verduzco, X Li, SL Pesek, GE Stein - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush polymers are a type of branched or graft polymer with polymeric side-chains
attached to a linear backbone, and the unusual architectures of bottlebrushes provide a …

Transition metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization: toward perfection in catalysis and precision polymer synthesis

M Ouchi, T Terashima, M Sawamoto - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Precision control of radical polymerization, or living radical polymerization, has been among
the most important and long-waited subjects in polymer chemistry and macromolecular …

Cylindrical molecular brushes: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

SS Sheiko, BS Sumerlin, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Brush-like macromolecules are unique polymer molecules whose conformation and
physical properties are controlled by steric repulsion of densely grafted side chains …

Stimuli-responsive molecular brushes

H Lee, J Pietrasik, SS Sheiko… - Progress in polymer …, 2010 - Elsevier
Molecular brushes are composed of a flexible backbone and densely grafted side chains.
The conformation of molecular brushes is governed by side chains separated by a distance …

Synthesis of functional polymers with controlled architecture by CRP of monomers in the presence of cross-linkers: From stars to gels

H Gao, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the synthesis of functional polymers with controlled architecture
and site-specific functionality via applying controlled radical polymerization (CRP) …

Stimuli-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate-based block copolymers: Synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly and functional applications

J Hu, G Zhang, Z Ge, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past decade, responsive polymers exhibiting reversible or irreversible changes in
physical properties and/or chemical structures in response to external stimuli have been …

Nonleaching antibacterial glass surfaces via “grafting onto”: the effect of the number of quaternary ammonium groups on biocidal activity

J Huang, RR Koepsel, H Murata, W Wu, SB Lee… - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial surfaces were prepared using the “grafting onto” technique. Well-defined block
copolymers containing poly (2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) and poly (3 …

Effect of Composition of PDMAEMA-b-PAA Block Copolymers on Their pH- and Temperature-Responsive Behaviors

X Han, X Zhang, H Zhu, Q Yin, HL Liu, Y Hu - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
A series of poly (2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)(PDMAEMA) homopolymers and poly
(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly (acrylic acid)(PDMAEMA-b-PAA) diblock …

Shape-changing bottlebrush polymers

B Zhao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs), composed of relatively short polymeric side chains densely
grafted on a polymer backbone, exhibit many unique characteristics and hold promise for a …