Macromolecules

Hyperbranched copolymers versus linear copolymers: A comparative study of thermal properties

GC Behera, A Saha, S Ramakrishnan

Index: Behera, Girish Ch.; Saha, Animesh; Ramakrishnan Macromolecules, 2005 , vol. 38, # 18 p. 7695 - 7701

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Abstract

Copolymerization of two AB2-type monomers that incorporate spacer segments of similar lengths but different flexibility permitted, for the first time, the preparation of a range of hyperbranched copolymers, wherein the backbone rigidity was varied while maintaining similar branching densities. The copolymers were prepared via a recently developed melt transetherification methodology to yield moderately high molecular weight polymers, with ...