Hyperbranched polymers. Synthesis, modeling, experimental validation, and rheology of hyperbranched poly(methyl methacrylate) derived from a multifunctional monomer (MFM) route

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 8682-8693

  Gretton Watson, Simon P ^a   Alpay, Esat ^a   Steinke, Joachim H G ^a   Higgins, Julia S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY;

CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS (CTA); HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MONOMERS (MFM);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 28444491051     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0488041     Document Type: Review

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