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 …

Block copolymer solution self‐assembly: Recent advances, emerging trends, and applications

M Karayianni, S Pispas - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly process of block copolymers (BCPs) in solution has been at the focus of
extended scientific research over the past several decades owing to the astonishing …

ABC triblock bottlebrush copolymer-based injectable hydrogels: design, synthesis, and application to expanding the therapeutic index of cancer …

F Vohidov, LE Milling, Q Chen, W Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush copolymers are a versatile class of macromolecular architectures with broad
applications in the fields of drug delivery, self-assembly, and polymer networks. Here, the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction potential for coarse-grained models of bottlebrush polymers

T Pan, S Dutta, CE Sing - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Bottlebrush polymers are a class of highly branched macromolecules that show promise for
applications such as self-assembled photonic materials and tunable elastomers. However …

Synthesis and Aqueous Self-Assembly of ABCD Bottlebrush Block Copolymers

E Ahmed, CT Womble, M Weck - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tetrablock bottlebrush copolymers with three incompatible hydrophobic domains and one
hydrophilic domain are prepared by a grafting-through approach using living ring-opening …

Self-assembly of poly (3-hexylthiophene) bottlebrush polymers into end-on-end linear fiber morphologies

NK Obhi, CN Jarrett-Wilkins, GEJ Hicks… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers are a special class of nonlinear polymers with a high density of
polymeric side chains. Bottlebrush homopolymers typically do not interact and instead self …

Implicit side-chain model and experimental characterization of bottlebrush block copolymer solution assembly

T Pan, BB Patel, DJ Walsh, S Dutta, D Guironnet… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers are a class of macromolecules with linear backbones and densely
grafted side chains, possessing unique physical properties due to strong steric interactions …

Brownian dynamics simulations of bottlebrush polymers in dilute solution under simple shear and uniaxial extensional flows

S Dutta, CE Sing - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We study the dynamics of bottlebrush polymer molecules in dilute solutions subjected to
shear and uniaxial extensional flows using Brownian dynamics simulations with …

Insight into the Solution Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Asymmetric Brush Copolymers via Computer Simulations

WT Zeng, WS Feng, X Zhang, Y Yao, BB Xu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Amphiphilic asymmetric brush copolymers (AABCs) possess unique self-assembly
behaviors owing to their asymmetric brush architecture and multiple functionalities of …