Nature shows us that complex molecular architectures lead to unique material properties,
and these observations have driven polymer scientists to synthesize complex architectures …

Due to their unique physical and chemical features, dendronized polymers (DPs) have
received increasing attention in various fields such as hierarchically structured materials …

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 …

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) utilizing Grubbs' third-generation catalyst
((H2IMes)(Cl) 2 (pyr) 2RuCHPh) shows the characteristics of living polymerizations …

We explored the mechanochemical degradation of bottlebrush and dendronized polymers in
solution (with ultrasonication, US) and solid states (with ball‐mill grinding, BMG). Over 50 …

Asymmetric miktoarm star polymers produce unique material properties, yet existing
synthetic strategies are beleaguered by complicated reaction schemes restricted in both the …

Norbornene-based monomers are common starting points in ring-opening metathesis
polymerization (ROMP) due to their high ring strain, and recent reports highlight how the …

A highly efficient metal-free grafting-onto strategy based on the cyclopentadiene (Cp)–
maleimide click reaction was developed for the preparation of molecular bottlebrushes …

Carbohydrate recognition is imperative for the induction of sperm acrosomal exocytosis
(AE), an essential phenomenon in mammalian fertilization. In mouse sperm, polynorbornene …

The adsorption transition and the structure of semiflexible adsorbed macromolecules are
studied by a molecular dynamics simulation of a coarse-grained, bead-spring type model …