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 …

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 …

Bottlebrush polymer synthesis by ring-opening metathesis polymerization: the significance of the anchor group

SC Radzinski, JC Foster, RC Chapleski Jr… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Control over bottlebrush polymer synthesis by ring-opening metathesis polymerization
(ROMP) of macromonomers (MMs) is highly dependent on the competition between the …

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 …

ABA triblock brush polymers: Synthesis, self-assembly, conductivity, and rheological properties

CM Bates, AB Chang, N Momčilović, SC Jones… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, self-assembly, conductivity, and rheological properties of ABA triblock brush
polymers (BBCPs) with grafted polystyrene (A block, N PS= 21) and poly (ethylene oxide)(B …

Bottlebrush block polymers: Quantitative theory and experiments

SJ Dalsin, TG Rions-Maehren, MD Beam, FS Bates… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of bottlebrush block polymers into a lamellar phase was investigated
using a combination of experiment and self-consistent field theory (SCFT). Nine diblock …

Strategies for inorganic incorporation using neat block copolymer thin films for etch mask function and nanotechnological application

C Cummins, T Ghoshal, JD Holmes… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymers (BCPs) and their directed self‐assembly (DSA) has emerged as a
realizable complementary tool to aid optical patterning of device elements for future …