The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene
oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important …

Polymeric materials play a key role in modern industry. Owing to outstanding and very
versatile properties of polymers, they have rather quickly occupied the great niche of …

Hyperbranched polymers (HPs) are highly branched three-dimensional (3D)
macromolecules. Their globular and dendritic architectures endow them with unique …

This review addresses trends in the development of high performance polyurethane (PU)
and its subclass coatings. Changes in the understanding the technical requirements and …

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 …

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 …

Wholly aromatic polyamides (aramids) are considered to be high-performance organic
materials due to their outstanding thermal and mechanical resistance. Their properties arise …

Glycidol represents a latent cyclic AB2-type monomer that can be polymerized in a ring-
opening multibranching polymerization (ROMBP). Hyperbranched aliphatic polyethers with …

Well-defined hybrid polymers based on polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxane (POSS) with a
variety of architectures have been developed, including telechelic polymers, block …

Hyperbranched polymers are highly branched macromolecules that are prepared through a
one-step polymerization process. Many kinds of hyperbranched polymers have been …