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Synthesis of Star Polymers

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Star-branched polymers

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Star polymers are defined as polymers having at least three polymer chains (arms) radiating from a core. If all arms are identical, it is regular or symmetric star, and if all arms or some of them are different, it is miktoarm (mikto coming from the Greek word μικτός, meaning mixed) star or asymmetric star-branched polymer. There are three types of asymmetric star-branched polymers based on (1) molecular weight asymmetry, (2) topological asymmetry, and (3) functional group asymmetry (Fig. 1).

Synthesis of Star Polymers, Fig. 1
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Classification of star-branched polymers

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Acknowledgment

The author KR would like to thank Dr. P. K. Zubaidha, Head of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, S. R. T. M. University, Nanded, for her continuous support during the work.

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  1. Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Catalysis Center, Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

    Nikos Hadjichristidis

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, 431606, MS, India

    Kedar Ratkanthwar

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Marinos Pitsikalis & Hermis Iatrou

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

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Hadjichristidis, N., Ratkanthwar, K., Pitsikalis, M., Iatrou, H. (2015). Synthesis of Star Polymers. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_38

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