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 …

Polymer brushes: efficient synthesis and applications

C Feng, X Huang - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Polymer brushes are special macromolecular structures with polymer chains
densely tethered to another polymer chain (one-dimensional, 1D) or the surface of a planar …

Molecular bottlebrushes as novel materials

G Xie, MR Martinez, M Olszewski, SS Sheiko… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular bottlebrushes are building blocks for the design of unique polymeric materials
whose physical properties are fundamentally governed by their densely grafted structures …

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 …

A versatile platform for precise synthesis of asymmetric molecular brush in one shot

B Xu, C Feng, X Huang - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
Asymmetric molecular brushes emerge as a unique class of nanostructured polymers, while
their versatile synthesis keeps a challenge for chemists. Here we show the synthesis of well …

Graft-through Synthesis and Assembly of Janus Bottlebrush Polymers from A-Branch-B Diblock Macromonomers

K Kawamoto, M Zhong, KR Gadelrab… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis of Janus bottlebrush block copolymers by graft-through
polymerization of branched diblock macromonomers. Self-assembly of the bottlebrushes …

Surface interaction of water-in-oil emulsion droplets with interfacially active asphaltenes

C Shi, L Zhang, L Xie, X Lu, Q Liu, J He, CA Mantilla… - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Adsorption of interfacially active components at the water/oil interface plays critical roles in
determining the properties and behaviors of emulsion droplets. In this study, the droplet …

ABC triblock bottlebrush copolymer-based injectable hydrogels: design, synthesis, and application to expanding the therapeutic index of cancer …

F Vohidov, LE Milling, Q Chen, W Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bottlebrush copolymers are a versatile class of macromolecular architectures with broad
applications in the fields of drug delivery, self-assembly, and polymer networks. Here, the …

Molecular brush surfactants: versatile emulsifiers for stabilizing and structuring liquids

B Wang, T Liu, H Chen, B Yin, Z Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Using amphiphilic molecular brushes to stabilize emulsions usually requires the synthesis of
specific side chains, which can be a time‐consuming and difficult challenge to meet. By …

Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers: Analysis of aqueous self-assembly by small-angle neutron scattering and surface tension measurements

M Alaboalirat, L Qi, KJ Arrington, S Qian… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A systematic series of 16 amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BCPs) containing
polystyrene and poly (N-acryloylmorpholine)(PACMO) side chains were prepared by a …