Cylindrical molecular brushes: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

SS Sheiko, BS Sumerlin, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Brush-like macromolecules are unique polymer molecules whose conformation and
physical properties are controlled by steric repulsion of densely grafted side chains …

The strength of the macromonomer strategy for complex macromolecular architecture: Molecular characterization, properties and applications of polymacromonomers

N Hadjichristidis, M Pitsikalis, H Iatrou… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of the macromonomer (MM) synthetic strategy for the creation of nonlinear
complex macromolecular architectures (miktoarm stars, α, ω‐branched polymers …

Cylindrical polymer brushes

M Zhang, AHE Müller - Journal of Polymer Science Part A …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, research on cylindrical polymer brushes (or molecular bottlebrushes) has
received significant attention. In this article, we discuss various strategies for their synthesis …

Materials design of highly branched bottlebrush polymers at the intersection of modeling, synthesis, processing, and characterization

T Pan, S Dutta, Y Kamble, BB Patel… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly branched “bottlebrush” polymers are a class of macromolecules characterized by
side chains that are densely grafted from a backbone that is typically linear. Their unique …

Linear rheological response of a series of densely branched brush polymers

M Hu, Y Xia, GB McKenna, JA Kornfield… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We have examined the linear rheological responses of a series of well-defined, dense,
regularly branched brush polymers. These narrow molecular weight distribution brush …

Amphiphilic cylindrical brushes with poly (acrylic acid) core and poly (n-butyl acrylate) shell and narrow length distribution

M Zhang, T Breiner, H Mori, AHE Müller - Polymer, 2003 - Elsevier
Core–shell cylindrical polymer brushes with poly (t-butyl acrylate)-b-poly (n-butyl
acrylate)(PtBA-b-PnBA) diblock copolymer side chains were synthesized via 'grafting …

On the shape of bottle-brush macromolecules: Systematic variation of architectural parameters

S Rathgeber, T Pakula, A Wilk… - The Journal of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We measured the form factor of bottle-brush macromolecules under good solvent conditions
with small-angle neutron scattering and static light scattering. The systems under …

Conformation of cylindrical brushes in solution: effect of side chain length

B Zhang, F Gröhn, JS Pedersen, K Fischer… - …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The conformation of cylindrical brush polymers with a polymethacrylate main and
polystyrene side chains (6≤≤ 33, with the number-average degree of polymerization of the …

A review of computational studies of bottlebrush polymers

E Mohammadi, SY Joshi, SA Deshmukh - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) are a class of grafted polymers, which have attracted much
attention due to their wide range of novel applications. The properties of these grafted …

Relationship between Graft Density and the Dilute Solution Structure of Bottlebrush Polymers: An Inter-Chemistry Comparison and Scaling Analysis

DF Sunday, AB Burns, TB Martin, AB Chang… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bottlebrush polymers are an important class of materials which consist of side chains grafted
along a linear backbone. There has been a significant effort to understand structure …