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 synthesis in continuous flow reactors

N Zaquen, M Rubens, N Corrigan, J Xu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
A variety of polymerizations has long been performed in continuous flow reactors on an
industrial scale; comparatively, on smaller scales, continuous polymerization methods have …

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 …

Complex polymer architectures using ring-opening metathesis polymerization: synthesis, applications, and practical considerations

SE Blosch, SJ Scannelli, M Alaboalirat… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature shows us that complex molecular architectures lead to unique material properties,
and these observations have driven polymer scientists to synthesize complex architectures …

General route to design polymer molecular weight distributions through flow chemistry

DJ Walsh, DA Schinski, RA Schneider… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The properties of a polymer are known to be intrinsically related to its molecular weight
distribution (MWD); however, previous methodologies of MWD control do not use a design …

Bioinspired bottlebrush polymers effectively alleviate frictional damage both in vitro and in vivo

DA Pham, CS Wang, L Séguy, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bottlebrush polymers (BB) have emerged as compelling candidates for biosystems to face
tribological challenges, including friction and wear. This study provides a comprehensive …

Polymerizations in continuous flow: recent advances in the synthesis of diverse polymeric materials

MH Reis, FA Leibfarth, LM Pitet - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The number of reports using continuous flow technology in tubular reactors to perform
precision polymerizations has grown enormously in recent years. Flow polymerizations …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Opportunities in the physics of sequence-defined polymers

SL Perry, CE Sing - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polymer science has been driven by ever-increasing molecular complexity, as polymer
synthesis expands an already-vast palette of chemical and architectural parameter space …

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 …

Controlling the shape of molecular weight distributions in coordination polymerization and its impact on physical properties

RJ Sifri, O Padilla-Vélez, GW Coates… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is utilized in a multitude of commercial products
worldwide due to its broad spectrum of physical properties and low production costs …