Synthesis, properties and molecular modeling of functional hyperbranched polymers and dendrimers

Abstract

AbstractThe design, synthesis, properties and molecular modeling of fully conjugated dendritic molecules and conjugated hyperbranched polymers are described. It has been shown that conjugated hyperbranched molecules are much more soluble than their linear analogues while maintaining all the properties characteristic of conjugated polymers. It was found that the use of polymeric solid support in hyperbranched polymerization allows to control molecular weight and degree of branching (DB). The molecular modeling of hyperbranched conjugated molecules reveals that hyperbranched structure of conjugated molecules affects significantly neither their stability nor the conjugation. On the other hand the terminal groups affect appreciably the electronic structure of conjugated hyperbranched molecules.