Star-to-Bottlebrush transition in extensional and shear deformation of unentangled polymer melts

A Zografos, HA All, AB Chang, MA Hillmyer… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of model poly ((±)-lactide)(PLA) graft copolymers was synthesized by ring-opening
metathesis polymerization and used to probe the star-to-bottlebrush transition in shear and …

Influence of the Norbornene Anchor Group in Ru-Mediated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Synthesis of Linear Polymers

SJ Scannelli, A Paripati, JR Weaver, C Vu… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) mediated by Grubbs' first-generation
catalyst [G1,(PCy3) 2 (Cl) 2RuCHPh] and Grubbs' third-generation catalyst [G3,(H2IMes)(Cl) …

Synthesis of Antifouling Poly (ethylene glycol) Brushes via “Grafting to” Approach for Improved Biodistribution

K Zhao, M Li, H Geng, Z Gao, X Zhang… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) modification of materials has been identified to mitigate the
challenge of biofouling. However, the practical application of PEGylation has been …

Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene–benzoladderene (macro) monomers

SJ Scannelli, M Alaboalirat, D Troya, JB Matson - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Rapid Access to Diverse Multicomponent Hierarchical Nanostructures from Mixed‐Graft Block Copolymers

R Liang, Q Song, R Li, AN Le, X Fu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multicomponent nanostructured materials assembled from molecular building blocks
received wide attention due to their precisely integrated multifunctionalities. However …

Computer-Aided Design of Copolymers with Controlled Comonomer Distributions

S Ishizaka, S Nakagawa, N Yoshie - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The sequence distribution of comonomer units in copolymers drastically affects the
properties of the polymeric materials; the prediction and control of the sequence distribution …

Effect of bottlebrush poloxamer architecture on binding to liposomes

JF Hassler, A Crabtree, L Liberman, FS Bates… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Poloxamers─ triblock copolymers consisting of poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) and poly
(propylene oxide)(PPO)─ have demonstrated cell membrane stabilization efficacy against …

Engineering Polymer Architecture Through Reaction Rates

KC McCleary-Petersen, KR Wiegand, MT Taleff… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The properties of macromolecules are intrinsically linked to their chemical composition,
molecular weight distribution, and architecture. Variation of these features enables the …

Conventional radical and RAFT alternating copolymerizations of hydroxyalkyl vinyl ethers and dialkyl maleates

YX Zhang, D Chen, GF Hu, YH Ma, WT Yang - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The alternating copolymerization of hydroxyalkyl vinyl ethers and dialkyl maleates is
investigated by conventional radical polymerization and reversible addition-fragmentation …

Versatile synthesis of siloxane‐based graft copolymers with tunable grafting density

CA D'Ambra, M Czuczola, PT Getty… - Journal of Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A versatile synthetic platform is reported that affords high molecular weight graft copolymers
containing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) backbones and vinyl‐based polymer side chains …