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 …

Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

W Wang, W Lu, A Goodwin, H Wang, P Yin… - Progress in polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have found use in a wide range of applications, such as
adhesives, elastomers, coatings, fibers, and in additive manufacturing techniques such as …

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 …

Dendritic and hyperbranched polymers from macromolecular units: elegant approaches to the synthesis of functional polymers

D Konkolewicz, MJ Monteiro, S Perrier - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
This perspective presents the state-of-the-art techniques to synthesize highly branched
polymers such as dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers with well-defined linear chains …

Recent advances in structural modifications of hyperbranched polymers and their applications

SI Bhat, Y Ahmadi, S Ahmad - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hyperbranched polymers (HPs) are a subclass of dendritic polymers, having globular and
highly branched structure, containing a number of functional groups emerging from a core …

Beyond native block copolymer morphologies

GS Doerk, KG Yager - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Block copolymers are a well-studied and canonical self-assembly paradigm. Despite active
research, new methods are continually emerging that allow the formation of yet more diverse …

Monomer sequence control via living anionic copolymerization: Synthesis of alternating, statistical, and telechelic copolymers and sequence analysis by maldi tof …

LR Hutchings, PP Brooks, D Parker, JA Mosely… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Diphenylethylene (DPE) is a monomer which has attracted significant interest from both
academia and industry. DPE can undergo (co) polymerization by living anionic …

A versatile synthetic route to macromonomers via RAFT polymerization

DL Patton, RC Advincula - Macromolecules, 2006 - ACS Publications
We describe a facile route to prepare functional macromonomers using reversible addition−
fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. This was demonstrated in the synthesis …

High-density and hetero-functional group engineering of segmented hyperbranched polymers via click chemistry

S Li, J Han, C Gao - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A new kind of segmented hyperbranched polymers (SHPs), hyperbranched poly (glycidyl
methacrylate) s (HPGMAs), were synthesized via reversible addition–fragmentation chain …

Long‐chain hyperbranched polymers: Synthesis, properties, and applications

B Mu, T Liu, W Tian - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By combining the virtues of conventional linear and hyperbranched polymers, long‐chain
hyperbranched polymers (LCHBPs) have attracted great attention. Therefore, a …