Synthesis, properties, and practical application of hyperbranched polymers

Abstract

The methods of synthesis of hyperbranched polymers are considered and systematized with main attention focused on such modern and promising procedures of crosslinking free-radical polymerization as living chain and intense chain transfer regimes. The synthetic approach to hyperbranched polymers via free-radical oxidative polymerization is the first to be put forth. The main problems concerning these polymers are formulated, and the recent advances in this field are generalized and elucidated.