Synthesis, Molecular and Morphological Characterization of 2nd Generation Dendritic Terpolymers of Styrene Butadiene and Isoprene With Different Geometric Isomerisms

摘要

The microphase separation of polymers with complex architectures is of great interest for scientists during the past decades. The topological constrictions that derive from the complexity of the architectures lead Avgeropoulos group into the formation of dendritic terpolymers so as to study how the introduction of more junction points along with the symmetry of the dendritic polymers can affect the self assembly of such molecules. Dendritic polymers are materials exhibiting unique attributes which make them useful in many applications such as photoinduced energy and electron transfer systems, catalysts, hydrophobic conjugates when coupled with proteins, hydrophobic or hydrophilic membranes, sensors of metal ions with strong signal amplification, coatings, thin films, etc..