Brush Architecture and Network Elasticity: Path to the Design of Mechanically Diverse Elastomersстатья
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Аннотация: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 (∼nsc), grafting density (∼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 comb and bottlebrush conformational regimes. These results can be used as a foundation for the programmable design of mechanically diverse solvent-free elastic materials.