Controlled multi-vinyl monomer homopolymerization through vinyl oligomer combination as a universal approach to hyperbranched architectures

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 1873
• Main Authors: Zhao, Tianyu, Zheng, Yu, Poly, Julien, Wang, Wenxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.05.2013; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/638/455/941; 639/638/455/956; Chemical Sciences; Growth conditions; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Polymerization; Polymers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Dendrimers; Polymer synthesis

The three-dimensional structures of hyperbranched materials have made them attractive in many important applications. However, the preparation of hyperbranched materials remains challenging. The hyperbranched materials from addition polymerization have gained attention, but are still confined to onl...