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Hyperbranched polymer architectures: From Flory's AB(f-1) polycondensates to controlled structures

Holger FreyTobias Kaiser

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chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials sciencePolymers and PlasticsPolymer scienceLinear polymerDendritic PolymersOrganic ChemistryHyperbranched polymersThermosetting polymer02 engineering and technologyPolymer010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyElastomer01 natural sciences0104 chemical scienceschemistryDendrimerMaterials Chemistry0210 nano-technology

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Abstract Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Staudinger's “macromolecular concept”, polymer scientists critically evaluate the past developments and future challenges of polymer science, asking: Quo vadis, Macromolecular Science? The main focus in Polymer Science has been on linear polymers or crosslinked systems (elastomers and thermosets) until the late 1980ies. The advent of dendritic polymers, i.e. dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) attracted wide-spread attention in the polymer community. This article gives a brief overview of the developments in the area of hyperbranched polymers and demonstrates that they have since become a novel class of polymer materials.

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2020-12-01Polymer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123113