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Hyperbranched poly(ester)s (HBPE) possess attributes for applications in a number of areas which include platforms for controlled release of actives and as rheology modifiers and coalescent agents in coatings. For the latter applications, properties such as the glass transition temperature and thermal stability are important. A number of HBPEs were produced with varying composition, molecular weight, degree of branching and end-group functionality in order to determine the effect of each on the HBPE thermal and rheological properties. These materials were synthesized from trimethylolpropane and the difunctional acids; adipic, phthalic and terephthalic. The chemical structure of the resulting HBPEs was fully characterized, particularly by SEC and NMR, and the thermal properties by DSC and TG. The glass transition temperature was found to depend primarily on HBPE composition and end-group functionality. The prominent feature of the thermal degradation for the hydroxyl-capped HBPE was dehydrative ether formation while that for carboxyl-capped polymers was decarboxylation.
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Dumitrascu, A., Sarkar, A., Chai, J. et al. Thermal properties of hyperbranched polyesters. J Therm Anal Calorim 131, 273–280 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6408-z
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