Comb and bottlebrush polymers present a wide range of rheological and mechanical
properties that can be controlled through their molecular characteristics, such as the …

We briefly review the recent advances in the rheology of entangled polymers and identify
emerging research trends and outstanding challenges, especially with respect to branched …

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 …

Grafting density and graft distribution impact the chain dimensions and physical properties of
polymers. However, achieving precise control over these structural parameters presents …

Grafting density is an important structural parameter that exerts significant influences over
the physical properties of architecturally complex polymers. In this report, the physical …

Monodisperse comb polystyrenes (comb-PS) with loosely to densely grafted architectures
up to loosely grafted bottlebrush structures were synthesized via anionic polymerization …

Well-defined, monodisperse homopolymer comb architectures with varied number and
length of the branches under linear and nonlinear deformation were synthesized and …

The recent particle-tracking velocimetric (PTV) observations revealed that well-entangled
polymer solutions and melts tend to either exhibit wall slip or assume an inhomogeneous …

We present systematic, unique linear and nonlinear shear rheology data of an
experimentally pure ring polystyrene and its linear precursor. This polymer was synthesized …

A series of cellulose-graft-diblock bottlebrush copolymer elastomers (cellulose-graft-poly (n-
butyl acrylate)-block-poly (methyl methacrylate)(Cell-g-PBA-b-PMMA)) with short side chains …