Hyperbranched polymers: advances from synthesis to applications

Y Zheng, S Li, Z Weng, C Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hyperbranched polymers (HPs) are highly branched three-dimensional (3D)
macromolecules. Their globular and dendritic architectures endow them with unique …

A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio-and microtechnology

JPF Lagerwall, G Scalia - Current Applied Physics, 2012 - Elsevier
Liquid crystals constitute a fascinating class of soft condensed matter characterized by the
counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for …

Applications of orthogonal “click” chemistries in the synthesis of functional soft materials

RK Iha, KL Wooley, AM Nystrom, DJ Burke… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Applications for advanced functional soft materials that possess precisely engineered
properties and functional groups have been expanding significantly with the development of …

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 …

Dendron-mediated self-assembly, disassembly, and self-organization of complex systems

BM Rosen, CJ Wilson, DA Wilson, M Peterca… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
1.1 Background Dendrimers and dendrons are architectural motifs synthesized by either
divergent or convergent iterative methods, and therefore, they provide monodisperse …

Dendrimers derived from 1→ 3 branching motifs

GR Newkome, C Shreiner - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
In 2008, we overviewed1 poly (amido amine) s, polypropylenimines, and related dendrimers
and dendrons possessing diverse 1 f 2 branching patterns that were predominately made …

Spin-based quantum computers made by chemistry: hows and whys

PCE Stamp, A Gaita-Arino - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
This introductory review discusses the main problems facing the attempt to build quantum
information processing systems (like quantum computers) from spin-based qubits. We …

Green approaches to engineer tough biobased epoxies: a review

G Mashouf Roudsari, AK Mohanty… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Epoxy resins possess a variety of excellent properties including adhesion, mechanical
performance, electrical insulation and chemical resistance; however cured epoxy resin is …

A stimuli‐responsive, photoluminescent, anthracene‐based liquid crystal: emission color determined by thermal and mechanical processes

Y Sagara, S Yamane, T Mutai, K Araki… - Advanced Functional …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a photoluminescent liquid crystal that exhibits a change of emission color on the
metastable–stable phase transition induced by external stimuli is prepared. A 2, 6 …

Recent developments in the construction of metallacycle/metallacage-cored supramolecular polymers via hierarchical self-assembly

B Li, T He, Y Fan, X Yuan, H Qiu, S Yin - Chemical Communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular polymers have received considerable attention during the last few decades
due to their scientific value in polymer chemistry and profound implications for future …