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 …

Syntheses and applications of dendronized polymers

X Liu, W Lin, D Astruc, H Gu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The past several decades have witnessed the rapid development of dendronized polymers
(DPs) and the transformation of the research field into a new area at the interfaces of organic …

Supramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid–liquid phase separation

H Fu, J Huang, JJB van der Tol, L Su, Y Wang, S Dey… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biopolymers has recently been shown to play a
central role in the formation of membraneless organelles with a multitude of biological …

Dilute solution structure of bottlebrush polymers

S Dutta, MA Wade, DJ Walsh, D Guironnet, SA Rogers… - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush polymers are a class of macromolecules that have recently found use in a wide
variety of materials, ranging from lubricating brushes and nanostructured coatings to …

Diversity-oriented polymerization: one-shot synthesis of library of graft and dendronized polymers by Cu-catalyzed multicomponent polymerization

H Kim, KT Bang, I Choi, JK Lee… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Graft and dendronized polymers have attracted much attention in the polymer community,
and there have been significant efforts to develop better synthetic methods. Herein, we …

Rapid formation and real-time observation of micron-sized conjugated nanofibers with tunable lengths and widths in 20 minutes by living crystallization-driven self …

S Yang, TL Choi - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Preparing well-defined semiconducting nanostructures from conjugated polymers is of
paramount interest for organic optoelectronic devices. Several studies have demonstrated …

Multimechanophore graft polymers: mechanochemical reactions at backbone–arm junctions

GI Peterson, J Lee, TL Choi - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Typical multimechanophore polymers (MMPs) are comprised of numerous mechanophores
(force-responsive moieties) distributed throughout the backbone of linear polymers. We …

Highly-branched amphiphilic organometallic dendronized diblock copolymer: ROMP synthesis, self-assembly and long-term Au and Ag nanoparticle stabilizer for high …

X Liu, F Liu, D Astruc, W Lin, H Gu - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Dendronized polymers (DPs) are an increasing field at the interfaces between organic
chemistry, polymer synthesis, and materials science, and in particular DPs are expected to …

Mechanochemical degradation of brush polymers: Kinetics of ultrasound-induced backbone and arm scission

GI Peterson, J Noh, KT Bang, H Ma, KT Kim… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ultrasonic degradation of polynorbornene-g-polylactide and polynorbornene-g-
polystyrene brush polymers was explored. First-order rate constants for backbone scission …

Volume overlap variation within hyperbranched polymer brushes resolves topology effects against protein fouling

Y He, S Xing, P Jiang, Y Zhao, L Chen - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hyperbranched polymer brushes with a three-dimensional dendritic structure are used in
antifouling applications to obtain bioinert and compact dendritic structures. Though …