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 …

Structure, function, self-assembly, and applications of bottlebrush copolymers

R Verduzco, X Li, SL Pesek, GE Stein - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush polymers are a type of branched or graft polymer with polymeric side-chains
attached to a linear backbone, and the unusual architectures of bottlebrushes provide a …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Block PolymersPure Potential

CM Bates, FS Bates - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Block polymers have undergone extraordinary evolution since their inception more than 60
years ago, maturing from simple surfactants to an expansive class of macromolecules …

Bottlebrush polymers at liquid interfaces: Assembly dynamics, mechanical properties, and all-liquid printed constructs

HG Seong, Z Fink, Z Chen, T Emrick, TP Russell - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymer surfactants (BPSs), formed by the interfacial interactions between
bottlebrush polymers (BPs) with poly (acrylic acid) side chains dissolved in an aqueous …

Tunable structural color of bottlebrush block copolymers through direct-write 3D printing from solution

BB Patel, DJ Walsh, DH Kim, J Kwok, B Lee… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Additive manufacturing of functional materials is limited by control of microstructure and
assembly at the nanoscale. In this work, we integrate nonequilibrium self-assembly with …

Application of bottlebrush block copolymers as photonic crystals

AL Liberman‐Martin, CK Chu… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Brush block copolymers are a class of comb polymers that feature polymeric side chains
densely grafted to a linear backbone. These polymers display interesting properties due to …

Switchable full-color reflective photonic ellipsoidal particles

Q He, KH Ku, H Vijayamohanan, BJ Kim… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Full-color reflective photonic ellipsoidal polymer particles, capable of a dynamic color
change, are created from dendronized brush block copolymers (den-BBCPs) self …

Control of grafting density and distribution in graft polymers by living ring-opening metathesis copolymerization

TP Lin, AB Chang, HY Chen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Control over polymer sequence and architecture is crucial to both understanding structure–
property relationships and designing functional materials. In pursuit of these goals, we …

Synthesis and applications of compartmentalised molecular polymer brushes

T Pelras, CS Mahon, M Müllner - … Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer science is rapidly advancing towards the precise construction of synthetic
macromolecules of formidable complexity. Beyond the impressive advances in control over …

Polymer-ligated nanocrystals enabled by nonlinear block copolymer nanoreactors: Synthesis, properties, and applications

Y Liu, J Wang, M Zhang, H Li, Z Lin - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The past several decades have witnessed substantial advances in synthesis and self-
assembly of inorganic nanocrystals (NCs) due largely to their size-and shape-dependent …