Heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts in polymer nanoparticles: From easier recovery and reuse to more efficient catalysis

T Chen, Y Peng, M Qiu, C Yi, Z Xu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Commercially available polymer resins such as Merrifield resin have been extensively used
as supports in the heterogenization of homogenous catalysts, allowing easier recovery and …

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 …

Bottlebrush Block Copolymers at the Interface of Immiscible Liquids: Adsorption and Lateral Packing

HG Seong, Z **, Z Chen, M Hu, T Emrick… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs), having a hydrophilic bottlebrush
polymer (BP) linked covalently to a hydrophobic BP, were found to segregate to liquid–liquid …

Branched polymers: synthesis and application

G Shao, A Li, Y Liu, B Yuan, W Zhang - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Branched polymers have aroused great interest due to their less chain entanglement, high
concentration of chain terminals, good solubility, and low viscosity in melts and solutions. In …

Direct-ink-write cross-linkable bottlebrush block copolymers for on-the-fly control of structural color

S Jeon, YL Kamble, H Kang, J Shi, MA Wade… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Additive manufacturing capable of controlling and dynamically modulating structures down
to the nanoscopic scale remains challenging. By marrying additive manufacturing with self …

Amphiphilic Heterografted Molecular Bottlebrushes with Tertiary Amine‐Containing Side Chains as Efficient and Robust pH‐Responsive Emulsifiers

MT Kelly, Z Chen, TP Russell, B Zhao - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
By combining the unique characteristics of molecular bottlebrushes (MBBs) and the
properties of stimuli‐responsive polymers, we show that MBBs with randomly grafted poly (n …

Glass formation in ring polymer melts having variable knot complexity and molecular mass

YT Dong, XY Song, X Xu, S Jiang, JF Douglas… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The variation of polymer topology provides an alternative way to tune the properties of
polymer materials without varying the chemistry of the monomers composing the polymer …

Opportunities in Bottlebrush Block Copolymers for Advanced Materials

D Saha, CL Witt, R Fatima, T Uchiyama, V Pande… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs) are a unique class of materials that contain a
backbone with densely grafted and chemically distinct polymeric side chains. The nonlinear …

Self-Assembly of Hierarchical High-χ Fluorinated Block Copolymers with an Orthogonal Smectic-within-Lamellae 3 nm Sublattice and Vertical Surface Orientation

BB Patel, H Feng, WS Loo, CR Snyder, C Eom… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical structure-within-structure assemblies offer a route toward increasingly complex
and multifunctional materials while pushing the limits of block copolymer self-assembly. We …

Coarse-grained, implicit side-chain model of bottlebrush polymer melts

H Kang, T Pan, CE Sing - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The unique architecture of bottlebrush polymers gives rise to multiple molecular parameters
consisting of the bottlebrush backbone length (N bb), side chain length (N sc), and grafting …