Chemical Botany: Bottlebrush Polymers in Materials Science

I Lapkriengkri, KR Albanese, A Rhode… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Molecular architectures known as bottlebrush polymers provide unique opportunities to tune
the structure and properties of soft materials with applications ranging from rubbers to thin …

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 …

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 …

Protorheology

MT Hossain, RH Ewoldt - Journal of Rheology, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We all instinctively poke, bounce, scoop, and observe materials to understand rheological
properties quickly. Yet, these observations are rarely analyzed quantitatively. To address …

Biodegradable reactive compatibilizers for efficient in-situ compatibilization of poly (lactic acid)/poly (butylene adipate-terephthalate) blends

J Guan, C Zhang, P Xu, D Niu, W Yang, X Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wide application of fully biodegradable polylactic acid/polybutylene terephthalate
(PLA/PBAT) blends in environmentally friendly packaging were limited because of poor …

From macromonomers to bottlebrush copolymers with sequence control: synthesis, properties, and applications

KH Kim, J Nam, J Choi, M Seo, J Bang - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) are a type of comb-like macromolecule with densely grafted
polymeric sidechains attached to the polymer backbones, and many intriguing properties …

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 …

Backbone Stitching in Bottlebrush Copolymer Mesodomains and the Impact of Side Chain Crystallization

M Hu, HG Seong, MS Dimitriyev, W Hu, Z Chen… - …, 2025 - ACS Publications
We synthesized bottlebrush statistical copolymers (BSCPs) having poly (ethylene
oxide)(PEO) and poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) side chains attached to a polynorbornene …

Bottlebrush polymers via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP): Synthesis, properties and applications

SR Rout, G Kenguva, S Mansuri, KR Manu… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) are a class of branch or graft macromolecules with polymeric
side chains attached to linear backbone leading to cylindrical or worm like structures. Due to …

Design of soft matter for additive processing

CLC Chan, JM Taylor, EC Davidson - Nature Synthesis, 2022 - nature.com
Digital assembly via extrusion-based additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional (3D)
printing, grants the opportunity to attain exquisite control over material structure and …