Biomedical application of hyperbranched polymers: Recent Advances and challenges

A Saadati, M Hasanzadeh, F Seidi - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), as a subclass of dendrimers, have attracted the interest of
polymer technologists and scientists around the world. These structures have special …

Synthesis and functionalization of hyperbranched polymers for targeted drug delivery

A Kavand, N Anton, T Vandamme, CA Serra… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) have found use in a wide range of applications, such as
optical, electronic and magnetic materials, coatings, additives, supramolecular chemistry …

Flow-induced translocation and conformational transition of polymer chains through nanochannels: Recent advances and future perspectives

M Ding, L Li - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
How polymer chains with different architectures translocate through narrow nanochannels
with the channel size much smaller than the chain size in flow fields remains a fundamental …

How does the branching effect of macromonomer influence the polymerization, structural features, and solution properties of long-subchain hyperbranched polymers?

N Hao, X Duan, H Yang, A Umair, M Zhu… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This work aims to elucidate how the branching effect of macromonomer influences the
polymerization, structural features, and solution properties of AB n long-subchain …

Synthesis of long-subchain hyperbranched polypropylene using thermally degraded products as precursor

H Jiang, S Wang, Y Wang, Y Wang, L Li, L Ma… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A new strategy to access long-subchain hyperbranched polypropylene (LHB-PP) has been
established, starting from the thermally degraded polypropylene (PP) possessing two …

Chain conformation of hyperbranched polymers with uniform branching subchains in dilute solution near the θ point

M Zhu, J Yang, L Li, X Duan, L Li - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conformation statistics of macromolecules in dilute solution is one of the fundamental issues
in polymer physics. Herein, we experimentally explore the average conformation of model …

Effects of macromonomer chain length, solvent and concentration on the cyclization kinetics during AB-type step-growth polymerization

L Chen, L Li, J Yang - Polymer, 2023 - Elsevier
For the first time, this work has explored the cyclization kinetics of multi-mers during step-
growth polymerization by using alkyne-PS-azide (l-PS-N 3) as model macromonomer …

Effect of macromonomer branching on structural features and solution properties of long-subchain hyperbranched polymers: the case of four-arm star macromonomers

N Hao, A Umair, M Zhu, X Duan, L Li - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Following our recent work on AB3 macromonomer systems (Macromolecules, 2019, 52,
1065–1082), this work focuses on AB4 systems to further explore the effect of …

Intramolecular cyclization in hyperbranched star copolymers via one-pot Am+ Bn+ C1 step-growth polymerization resulting in decreased cyclic defect

Q Ban, Y Li, Y Qin, Y Zheng, J Kong - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Hyperbranched star copolymers are important soft materials that have been employed for
aqueous self-assembly and bioapplication, but their one-pot one-batch synthesis strategy …

Light scattering study of internal dynamics of hyperbranched polymers with controlled branching patterns and low polydispersities in dilute solutions

N Hao, M Zhu, L Li - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Internal dynamics of flexible polymer chains is one of the most important fundamental
problems in polymer physics. Although numerous efforts have been devoted to the …