Dendrimer-like star-branched polymers: Novel structurally well-defined hyperbranched polymers

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-17

  Hirao, Akira ^a   Yoo, Hee Soo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arm first divergent approach; dendrimer like star branched polymer; generation based block copolymer; living anionic polymerization; stepwise iterative methodology

Indexed keywords

AB DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; BENZYL BROMIDE; BRANCHED ARCHITECTURE; BRANCHING FACTORS; DIVERGENT APPROACH; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS; GENERATION-BASED BLOCK COPOLYMER; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HYDRODYNAMIC RADIUS; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; ITERATIVE METHODOLOGY; LINKING REACTION; LIVING ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; LIVING POLYMERS; REACTION SITES; REACTION STEPS; REPEATING UNIT; RIGHT-ANGLE LASER LIGHT SCATTERINGS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STAR-BRANCHED POLYMERS; TRANSFORMATION REACTIONS;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DENDRIMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; X RAY SCATTERING;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 78651099864     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.109     Document Type: Review

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