Hyperbranched and Highly Branched Polymer Architectures Synthetic Strategies and Major Characterization Aspects

BI Voit, A Lederer - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Polymers”, indicating that branching is of similar importance in the world of synthetic
macromolecules as it is in nature. The significance of branched macromolecules has …

Hyperbranched polymers: from synthesis to applications

C Gao, D Yan - Progress in polymer science, 2004 - Elsevier
Over the past 15 years, hyperbranched polymers have received much attention due to their
unique chemical and physical properties as well as their potential applications in coatings …

Birth of a new macromolecular architecture: dendrimers as quantized building blocks for nanoscale synthetic polymer chemistry

DA Tomalia - Progress in polymer science, 2005 - Elsevier
This review is introduced by an examination of the historical roles that quantized building
blocks, such as atoms and monomers have played in the development of small molecule …

Hyperbranched polymers: a promising new class of materials

M Jikei, M Kakimoto - Progress in Polymer Science, 2001 - Elsevier
Hyperbranched polymers are highly branched macromolecules that are prepared through a
one-step polymerization process. Many kinds of hyperbranched polymers have been …

Self-condensing vinyl polymerization: an approach to dendritic materials

JMJ Frechet, M Henmi, I Gitsov, S Aoshima, MR Leduc… - Science, 1995 - science.org
Self-condensing vinyl polymerization was used to produce dendritic polymers with both
highly branched structures and numerous reactive groups. A vinyl monomer will undergo …

Degree of branching in hyperbranched polymers

D Hölter, A Burgath, H Frey - Acta polymerica, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Topological considerations concerning the ratio of linear, imperfectly branched, dendritic
and terminal units in hyperbranched polymers based on AB2, AB3 and ABm (m≥ 2) type …

Macromolecular architectures by living and controlled/living polymerizations

N Hadjichristidis, H Iatrou, M Pitsikalis… - Progress in Polymer …, 2006 - Elsevier
The discovery of living anionic polymerization by Szwarc 50 years ago opened the way to
the synthesis of model polymers. This ground-breaking discovery inspired many researchers …

Synthesis and applications of hyperbranched polymers

CR Yates, W Hayes - European Polymer Journal, 2004 - Elsevier
The development of hyperbranched polymers is a rapidly expanding field in the area of
macromolecular science. This short review highlights some of the notable examples in the …

New developments in hyperbranched polymers

B Voit - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In the last 12 years the field of hyperbranched polymers has been well established with a
large variety of synthetic approaches and fundamental studies on structure and properties of …

Hyperbranched polymers

A Hult, M Johansson, E Malmström - Branched Polymers II, 1999 - Springer
Polymers obtained from the statistical polymerization of A x B monomers by means of
condensation or addition procedures are referred to as hyperbranched polymers. The paper …