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 …

Conductive and elastic bottlebrush elastomers for ultrasoft electronics

P Xu, S Wang, A Lin, HK Min, Z Zhou, W Dou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding biological systems and mimicking their functions require electronic tools that
can interact with biological tissues with matched softness. These tools involve biointerfacing …

Designing dynamic materials from dynamic bonds to macromolecular architecture

NDA Watuthanthrige, P Chakma, D Konkolewicz - Trends in Chemistry, 2021 - cell.com
Introducing dynamic and exchangeable bonds can breathe life into polymers by imparting
self-healing, enhanced toughness, or adaptability to the material. Synergies between the …

Light-mediated synthesis and reprocessing of dynamic bottlebrush elastomers under ambient conditions

C Choi, JL Self, Y Okayama, AE Levi… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We introduce a novel grafting-through polymerization strategy to synthesize dynamic
bottlebrush polymers and elastomers in one step using light to construct a disulfide …

Dynamic bottlebrush polymer networks: self-healing in super-soft materials

JL Self, CS Sample, AE Levi, K Li, R Xie… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We introduce a design strategy to expand the range of accessible mechanical properties in
covalent adaptable networks (CANs) using bottlebrush polymer building blocks. Well …

Room temperature 3D printing of super-soft and solvent-free elastomers

R Xie, S Mukherjee, AE Levi, VG Reynolds, H Wang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Super-soft elastomers derived from bottlebrush polymers show promise as advanced
materials for biomimetic tissue and device applications, but current processing strategies are …

Complex polymer architectures using ring-opening metathesis polymerization: synthesis, applications, and practical considerations

SE Blosch, SJ Scannelli, M Alaboalirat… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature shows us that complex molecular architectures lead to unique material properties,
and these observations have driven polymer scientists to synthesize complex architectures …

Digital light processing of dynamic bottlebrush materials

C Choi, Y Okayama, PT Morris… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bottlebrush elastomers have attracted significant attention as a class of super‐soft materials
with a storage modulus (G′) less than the intrinsic entanglement shear modulus (Ge), but …

Hydrogen-bonding bottlebrush networks: self-healing materials from super-soft to stiff

R Xie, I Lapkriengkri, NB Pramanik, S Mukherjee… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The impact of polymer architecture on network dynamics and self-healing is presented using
bottlebrushes containing side chains that are end-functionalized with 2-ureido-4 [1 H] …

Brush architecture and network elasticity: path to the design of mechanically diverse elastomers

M Maw, BJ Morgan, E Dashtimoghadam, Y Tian… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We unveil universal correlations between architectural parameters and nonlinear elastic
properties of brush polymer networks. A comprehensive library of poly (n-butyl acrylate) …