Controlled synthesis of hyperbranched polyglycerols by ring-opening multibranching polymerization

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 4240-4246

  Sunder, Alexander ^a   Hanselmann, Ralf ^a   Frey, Holger ^a   Mülhaupt, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; GLYCEROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHERS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEGREE OF BRANCHING; GLYCIDOL; POLYGLYCEROLS; RING OPENING MULTIBRANCHING POLYMERIZATION; SELF CONDENSING VINYL POLYMERIZATION;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0032655802     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990090w     Document Type: Article

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