Beyond Traditional Stimuli: Exploring Salt-Responsive Bottlebrush Polymers-Trends, Applications, and Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Bottlebrush polymers represent an important class of high-density side-chain-grafted polymers traditionally with high molecular weights, in which one or more polymeric side chains are tethered to each repeating unit of a linear polymer backbone, such that these macromolecules look like "bottlebrushes". The arrangement of molecular brushes is determined by side chains located at a distance considerably smaller than their unperturbed dimensions, leading to substantial monomer congestion and entropically unfavorable extension of both the backbone and the side chains. Traditionally, the conformation and physical properties of polymers are influenced by external stimuli such as solvent, temperature, pH, and light. However, a unique stimulus, salt, has recently gained attention as a means to ind

SUBMITTER: Basak S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308035 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature