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Dendronized Polymers (dendronized + polymer)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Polymers and Materials Science	75%

Selected Abstracts

Dendronized Polymers via Macromonomer Route in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Issue 19 2008
Liborio Ivano Costa
Abstract Radical polymerizations from third to fifth generation macromonomers were conducted in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). It was found that all monomers were not soluble in such a medium, and reactions occurred in the CO2 -swollen monomer matrices. Despite the expected severe diffusion limitations, very high conversions and molecular weights were obtained. It is believed that the plasticization effect induced by the CO2 plays a key role in these surprising findings. Scanning force microscopical analyses confirmed that mainly linear dendronized polymers were obtained and therefore chain transfer to polymer is virtually irrelevant. [source]

On the Synthesis and Selective Deprotection of Low-Generation Dendrons with Orthogonally Protected Peripheral Amine Groups and a Possible Impact of the Deprotection Conditions on the Stability of Dendronized Polymers' Skeletons

HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA, Issue 11 2006
Rabie Al-Hellani
Abstract The synthesis of first- and second-generation dendrons with defined ratios of orthogonally protected amine groups in the periphery ((benzyloxy)carbonyl (Cbz) and (tert -butoxy)carbonyl (Boc) protection) and the degree to which they can be selectively removed are described. The reaction conditions required for these deprotections were applied to methacrylic acid (=,2-methylprop-2-enoic acid) based dendronized polymers carrying the same peripheral protecting groups to investigate whether they have any detrimental interference with the polymer skeleton. Specifically it was explored whether dendrons attached to the backbone could possibly be cleaved off as a whole (de-dendronization). Finally it was investigated how de-dendronizations can be used for quantifying both the dendron-structure perfection and the polymer-backbone configurations. [source]

Tailoring the liquid crystalline property via controlling the generation of dendronized polymers containing azobenzene mesogen

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 5 2010
Chang-An Yang
Abstract The first- and second-generation dendronized polymers containing azobenzene mesogen were designed and successfully synthesized via free radical polymerization. The chemical structures of the monomers were confirmed by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR. The molecular characterizations of the polymers were performed with 1H NMR and gel permeation chromatography. The phase structures and transition behaviors were studied using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized light microscopy, and small-angle X-ray scatter experiments. The experiment results revealed that the first-generation dendronized polymer exhibited liquid crystalline behavior of the conventional side-chain liquid crystalline polymer with azobenzene mesogen, that is, the polymer exhibited smectic phase structure at lower temperature and nematic phase structure at higher temperature. However, the second-generation dendronized polymers exhibited more versatile intriguing liquid crystalline structures, namely smectic phase structure at lower temperature and columnar nematic phase structure at higher temperature, and moreover, the phase structure still remained before the decomposition temperature. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 1149,1159, 2010 [source]