Hyperbranched poly(ether sulfone)s: Preparation and application to ion-exchange membranes

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 697-705

  Kakimoto, Masa Aki ^a   Grunzinger, Stephen J ^a,b   Hayakawa, Teruaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Technical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

AB2monomers; electrophilic reaction; fuel cell; hyperbranched polymers; ion exchange membrane; linear hyperbranched block copolymers

Indexed keywords

AB2MONOMERS; BENZENE RING; CROSSLINKED; ELECTRON-RICH; ELECTROPHILIC REACTION; HIGH SOLUBILITY; HYBRID FILM; HYPERBRANCHED; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LINEAR-HYPERBRANCHED BLOCK COPOLYMERS; LOW VISCOSITY; MULTIBLOCK COPOLYMER; NAFION 117 MEMBRANES; POLY(ETHER SULFONE); SULFONIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; SULFONIUM IONS; SULFONYL CHLORIDES; TERMINAL POSITION; TOKYO , JAPAN;

BENZENE; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ETHERS; FILM PREPARATION; FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 77956357731     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.70     Document Type: Review

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