Synonyms
Dendritic-linear polymer; Dendronized polymer; Hybrid copolymer; Linear-dendritic copolymer
Definition
A “linear-dendritic hybrid polymer” (LDHP) is a macromolecule composed of polymeric fragments with two dissimilar architectures: (a) a linear chain with nominal molecular weight higher than 1,000 Da and (b) a perfectly branched (dendritic) moiety with number of branching layers exceeding two [1, 2].
Classification
Linear chains (L) and dendrons or dendrimers (D) are the only two types of building blocks, contained in the LDHPs, but they can be arranged in several distinct combinations, due to the multifunctional character of both fragments. The simplest members of the series are DL (Fig. 1, 1), DLD (Fig. 1, 2), and LDL (Fig. 1, 3) copolymers where the linear chain (L) is linked to a D - dendron (1, 2) or a dendrimer (3). Their main characteristic is structural flexibility, which potentially would enable their architectural rearrangement upon changes in their environment.
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Gitsov, I. (2015). Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Linear-Dendritic Hybrid Polymers. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_19
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