Molecular understanding for large deformations of soft bottlebrush polymer networks

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 16; no. 27; pp. 6259 - 6264
• Main Author: Cai, Li-Heng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 21.07.2020
• Subjects: Crosslinking; Hydrogels; Molecular structure; Networks; Polymers; Shear modulus; Softness; Strain; Tissues

Networks formed by crosslinking bottlebrush polymers are a class of soft materials with stiffnesses matching that of 'watery' hydrogels and biological tissues but contain no solvents. Because of their extreme softness, bottlebrush polymer networks are often subject to large deformations. H...