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  • Brush Architecture and Netw...
    Maw, Mitchell; Morgan, Benjamin J; Dashtimoghadam, Erfan; Tian, Yuan; Bersenev, Egor A; Maryasevskaya, Alina V; Ivanov, Dimitri A; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof; Dobrynin, Andrey V; Sheiko, Sergei S

    Macromolecules, 04/2022, Letnik: 55, Številka: 7
    Journal Article

    We unveil universal correlations between architectural parameters and nonlinear elastic properties of brush polymer networks. A comprehensive library of poly­(n-butyl acrylate), poly­(dimethylsiloxane), and polyisobutylene brush networks was synthesized with systematically varied side chain length (∼n sc), grafting density (∼n g –1), and backbone degree of polymerization between cross-links (n x). This allowed experimental verification of theoretical scaling relationships between mechanical properties (shear modulus and strain-stiffening), architectural parameters n sc, n g, n x, and microstructure from in situ small-angle X-ray scattering in both comb and bottlebrush conformational regimes. These results can be used as a foundation for the programmable design of mechanically diverse solvent-free elastic materials.