Brush Architecture and Network Elasticity: Path to the Design of Mechanically Diverse Elastomers
Brush Architecture and Network Elasticity: Path to the Design of Mechanically Diverse Elastomers
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00006
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发表时间:
2022-04-12
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5.5
通讯作者:
Sheiko, Sergei S.
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作者:
Maw, Mitchell;Morgan, Benjamin J.;Sheiko, Sergei S.
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 (similar to nsc), grafting density(similar to ng-1), and backbone degree of polymerization between cross-links (nx). This allowed experimental verification of theoretical scaling relationships between mechanical properties (shear modulus and strain-stiffening), architectural parameters[nsc,ng,nx], and microstructure from in situ small-angle X-ray scattering in both comband bottlebrush conformational regimes. These results can be used as a foundation for the programmable design of mechanically diverse solvent-free elastic materials