Hyperbranched polymers synthesis

Dendrimer synthesis involves a repetitive building of generations through alternating chemistry steps which approximately double the mass and surface functionality with every generation as discussed earlier [1-4, 18], Random (statistical) hyperbranched polymer synthesis involves the self-condensation of multifunctional monomers, usually in a one-pot single series of covalent formation events [31], Random hyperbranched polymers and dendrimers of comparable molecular mass have the same number of branch points and terminal units, and any application requiring only these two characteristics could be satisfied by either architectural type. Since dendrimer synthesis requires many defined synthetic and process purification steps while hyperbranched synthesis may involve a one-pot synthetic step with no purification, the dendrimers will necessarily be a much more expensive material to produce. 

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