Hyperbranched Polydendrons A New Macromolecular Architecture /

• Main Author: Hatton, Fiona L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Medicinal chemistry.; Nanochemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.

This thesis outlines the first synthesis of a new complex branched polymer architecture that aims to combine the benefits of dendrimers with the simplicity of conventional polymerisation. There is no other available literature on these remarkable materials, dubbed hyperbranched polydendrons, due to...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Synthesis and characterisation of hyp-polydendron materials and subsequent anoparticle formation
• Mixing dendron and PEG initiators for the polymerisation of branched pHPMA and aqueous nanoparticle formation
• Mixing dendron and PEG initiators for the polymerisation of branched pHPMA and formation of sterically stabilised nanoparticles
• Hyp-Polydendrons; studies of nanoprecipitation behavior
• Conclusions and Future work
• Experimental.