“…In particular, its inherent long side substituent is expected to exert a strong influence on the application performance. According to existing knowledge regarding the relationship between structure and properties, the side groups in the monomer units deeply affect a wide range of performance characteristics of the corresponding polymers, with the modification and control of the side group content showing beneficial effects for a variety of applications from the “Magic Triangle” in tires to damping absorption in military industry. − Thus, a few studies on the homopolymerizations and copolymerizations of β-myrcene with other monomers, such as styrene, methacrylate, itaconic acid, and lactide, by anionic polymerization, − free radical polymerization, ,− reversible-deactivation radical polymerization, − coordinative mechanism, and cationic polymerization have been reported in recent years. However, in-depth investigations of the most important application performance characteristics of these polymers as excellent potential elastomers have been lacking.…”