Inorganic Bottlebrush and Comb Polymers as a Platform for Supersoft, Solvent-Free Elastomers.

ABSTRACT: Due to their unique rheological and mechanical properties, bottlebrush polymers are inimitable components of biological and synthetic systems such as cartilage and ultrasoft elastomers. However, while their rheological properties can be precisely controlled through their macromolecular structures, the current chemical spectrum available is limited to a handful of synthetic polymers with aliphatic carbon backbones. Herein we design and synthesize a series of inorganic bottlebrush polymers based on a unique combination of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyphosphazene (PPz) chemistry. This non-carbon-based platform allows for simple variation of the significant architectural dimensions of bottlebrush-polymer-based elastomers. Grafting PDMS to PPz and vice versa also allows us to further exp

SUBMITTER: Ajvazi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10870749 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature