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Foldable bottlebrush polymers
An artistic rendering of a network of foldable bottlebrush polymers, which feature a collapsed backbone grafted with many flexible linear side chains. Foldable bottlebrush polymers have the potential to store extra length within their structure, making the materials both stretchy and stiff at the same time.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DMR 1944625.]
Learn more in the University of Virginia news story In major materials breakthrough, UVA team solves a nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers. (Date of image: November 2024; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Jan. 17, 2025)
Credit: Soft Biomatter Lab, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
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