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Arborescent Graft Polymers

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Synonyms

Dendrigraft polymers; Dendritic graft polymers

Definition

Arborescent polymers are graft polymers characterized by a dendritic (multilevel)-branched architecture, typically resulting from successive grafting reactions of linear chain segments on substrates having randomly distributed coupling sites.

Historical Background

The synthesis of graft polymers with a dendritic (multilevel)-branched architecture was first achieved in 1991, through successive cycles of substrate functionalization and anionic [1] or cationic [2] polymerization and grafting. These two generation-based approaches, while complementary in terms of their applicability to different monomers, share common features: The branched molecules are assembled from side chains of uniform size, and the branching density can be controlled by varying the substitution level of the substrate.

The random functionalization of a linear polymer substrate with coupling sites and its reaction with “living” polymer chains yield a...

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Mario Gauthier

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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Gauthier, M. (2015). Arborescent Graft Polymers. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_23

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