We can also plot similar R 2 g,sc quantities for the side-chains as a function of the polymer architectural features. In particular, we show in Figure (b) both R 2 g,sc and the end-to-end distance R 2 ee,sc as a function of the side-chain length M sc for a number of values of M bb . Two scaling observations are observed; first, the value of the backbone M bb does not have a large effect on the conformational properties of the side-chains, which we attribute to the long bottlebrush backbones considered, with a given side-chain existing in an environment far from the chain end. Second, there is a superlinear scaling of R 2 g (both measures) with M sc , indicating that the side-chain does not undergo a random walk and is indeed slightly stretched due to the steric interactions with neighboring chains. We attribute the deviation in the scaling exponents for R 2 g,sc and R 2 ee,sc to the relatively short length of the side chains, which are unlikely to have reached their respective asymptotic limits.