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 …

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 …

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 …

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 10 years after

YH Kim - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
It has been about 10 years since the first intentional preparation of hyperbranched polymer
was disclosed. Hyperbranched polymers, as well as dendrimers, may find utilities in the …

Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter

A Jangizehi, F Schmid, P Besenius, K Kremer… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft matter covers a wide range of materials based on linear or branched polymers, gels and
rubbers, amphiphilic (macro) molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These …

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 …

Hyperbranched polymers—all problems solved after 15 years of research?

B Voit - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Fifteen years of research on hyperbranched polymers in the group of Brigitte Voit are
described, with a focus first on hyperbranched polyester synthesis and then on the addition …

Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers: two families of three-dimensional macromolecules with similar but clearly distinct properties

JMJ Fréchet, CJ Hawker, I Gitsov… - … Science, Part A: Pure …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers are globular macromolecules that are
characterized both by a highly branched structure, in which all bonds converge to a focal …

Facile, versatile and cost effective route to branched vinyl polymers

N O'brien, A McKee, DC Sherrington, AT Slark… - Polymer, 2000 - Elsevier
Free radical one-step polymerisation of methyl methacrylate in the presence of a
crosslinking comonomer and balancing levels of a chain transfer agent allow facile high …