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A Hyperbranched, Highly Deliquescent Polymer
Author(s) -
Tian L.,
Shu X.,
Zhu J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200701948
Subject(s) - branching (polymer chemistry) , monomer , polymer , materials science , atom transfer radical polymerization , polymer chemistry , polymerization , polymer science , kinetics , chemical engineering , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Atom transfer radical polymerization is used to prepare a highly deliquescent hyperbranched polymer from a monomer containing polymerizable vinyl group and an initiation‐ready site for branching and chain growth, as depicted in the figure. The figure also shows the very rapid deliquescence kinetics of this polymer originating from its hyperbranched structure.