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Gelation Dynamics in Polydimethylsiloxane Bottlebrush Elastomers.

Sarah Barber¹, Ejajul Hoque², Kyujin Ko¹

¹Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

|June 10, 2025

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Network formation in bottlebrush elastomers is independent of cure rate, revealing how side chains impact network structure and dynamics during processing for diverse applications.

Keywords:

bottlebrush curing elastomers shear rheology

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Area of Science:

Polymer Science
Materials Science
Rheology

Background:

Bottlebrush architectures, characterized by grafted side chains, offer unique entanglement-free properties.
Network formation in elastomers involves complex interactions between cross-linkers and polymer chains.
Understanding these processes is crucial for designing advanced elastomeric materials.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate network formation in elastomers with grafted side chains (bottlebrush architecture).
To understand the influence of reaction kinetics and steric effects on network percolation.
To analyze the impact of side chains on the viscoelastic properties and internal structure of polymer networks.

Main Methods:

Time-resolved rheology was employed to measure evolving viscoelasticity during catalytic curing.
Catalyst concentration was tuned to study the impact of reaction kinetics on the sol-gel transition.
Time-cure superposition was applied to quantify dynamics in pre- and post-gel states.

Main Results:

Network formation in both bottlebrush and linear systems was found to be independent of cure rate.
Side chains significantly reduced the fractal dimension of the critical gel cluster.
The divergence and collapse of shift factors around the gel point indicated universality, independent of cure kinetics.

Conclusions:

The study elucidates the entanglement-free nature of bottlebrush elastomers and their unique network formation pathways.
Reaction kinetics and steric effects critically influence network percolation and structure.
The findings are vital for the application of bottlebrush elastomers in various fields.