Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) have emerged as intriguing class of materials for an array of
applications, including supersoft elastomers, organic optoelectronics, templates for crafting …

The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

The combination of highly efficient polymerizations with modular “click” coupling reactions
has enabled the synthesis of a wide variety of novel nanoscopic structures. Here we …

Graft-through ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) using ruthenium N-
heterocyclic carbene catalysts has enabled the synthesis of bottle-brush polymers with …

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) involving 8-membered cyclic olefins, such
as the parent molecules cis-cyclooctene (COE) and cis, cis-1, 5-cyclooctadiene (COD) …

In this review, molecular brushes and other macromolecular architectures bearing a
bottlebrush segment where the main chain is synthesized by ring opening metathesis …

Hyper branched and highly branched polymers (HB polymers) can be prepared by a variety
of radical polymerisations. Here we describe the various techniques that can be used and …

Preparation of functional polyisoprene via direct catalytic insertion polymerization has been
preferred because the polymers' regularity, molar mass and functionality can be facilely …

Multicomponent molecular brushes containing amphiphilic polymer moieties are promising
objects of research of macromolecular chemistry. The development of stimulus-responsive …

ω-Oxanorbornenyl poly (ethylene oxide) monomethyl ether macromonomers were
synthesized with molecular weights ranging from 500 g/mol to 5000 g/mol through the …