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 …

Click chemistry strategies for the accelerated synthesis of functional macromolecules

Z Geng, JJ Shin, Y **, CJ Hawker - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers: Analysis of aqueous self-assembly by small-angle neutron scattering and surface tension measurements

M Alaboalirat, L Qi, KJ Arrington, S Qian… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A systematic series of 16 amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BCPs) containing
polystyrene and poly (N-acryloylmorpholine)(PACMO) side chains were prepared by a …

Grubbs' and Schrock's catalysts, ring opening metathesis polymerization and molecular brushes—synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

I Choinopoulos - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this review, molecular brushes and other macromolecular architectures bearing a
bottlebrush segment where the main chain is synthesized by ring opening metathesis …

Established and emerging strategies for polymer chain‐end modification

DJ Lunn, EH Discekici, J Read de Alaniz… - Journal of Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The development of “controlled” and “living” polymerization processes with high end‐group
fidelity has enabled an unprecedented range of polymeric materials with specific chain‐end …

Programmable Assembly of π‐Conjugated Polymers

GEJ Hicks, S Li, NK Obhi, CN Jarrett‐Wilkins… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract π‐Conjugated polymers have numerous applications due to their advantageous
optoelectronic and mechanical properties. These properties depend intrinsically on polymer …

Importance of macromonomer quality in the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of macromonomers

YC Teo, Y **a - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Various macromonomers (MMs) were synthesized using controlled radical polymerization
(CRP) by either directly growing from a norbornene-functionalized initiator or chain transfer …

Compressing and swelling to study the structure of extremely soft bottlebrush networks prepared by ROMP

JM Sarapas, EP Chan, EM Rettner, KL Beers - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
To fully explore bottlebrush polymer networks as potential model materials, a robust and
versatile synthetic platform is required. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization is a highly …

Recent advances in amphiphilic polymer–oligonucleotide nanomaterials via living/controlled polymerization technologies

H Sun, L Yang, MP Thompson, S Schara… - Bioconjugate …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, the field of polymer–oligonucleotide nanomaterials has flourished
because of the development of synthetic techniques, particularly living polymerization …

Investigating the Stress–Strain Behavior in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization-Based Brush Elastomers

K Cushman, A Keith, J Tanaka, SS Sheiko… - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Brush networks are intriguing materials that are able to replicate the stress–strain behavior
of soft tissue, but the effect of the backbone chemical composition on the network mechanics …