Hyperbranched Macromolecular Architectures: From Design to Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 899
Special Issue Editor
Interests: linear and hyperbranched heteroaromatic macromolecular architectures; classic and/or Suzuki polycondensation; polymer processing (thin films and coatings); optical and electronic properties of polymers; application-driven polymeric materials for organic electronics and high-performance applications
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Dear Colleagues,
The last three decades of intense research in the field of hyperbranched polymers rendered an innovative, “topological” course in the development of various macromolecular architectures and enabled an exponential evolution towards increasingly complex structures with highly diverse, intricate functional roles.
The crafty combination of polymeric concepts and synthetic strategies unlocked an impressive degree of control over hyperbranched macromolecules and added solid arguments for the commercialization of some of them. The applicative potential of such materials increased from the relatively narrow fields of coatings, resins, and adhesives to the broader areas of nanotechnology, hybrid materials, light-emitting devices, membranes, drug delivery, and supramolecular chemistry. While it may be considered too early to be labeled as mature, the interdisciplinary topic of hyperbranched polymers is highly active and expanding, and offers a plethora of possibilities for tuning the features of materials and even delivering new properties by tailoring the shape of macromolecular architectures.
Nevertheless, this type of construct still represents a scientific challenge due to the extensive structural broadness, innate complexity, and multitude of approaches used to develop them. A large number of research groups worldwide are working to (i) tackle fundamental questions and address key challenges in the field, (ii) implement new chemical tools borrowed from modern organic chemistry, (iii) control the branching degree and subsequent properties, (iv) compute structures and profile properties, and (v) pursue new applications.
Therefore, this Special Issue of Materials is dedicated to the field of hyperbranched macromolecular architectures and intends to collect original, high-quality research covering state-of-the-art topics in this broad area of research.
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute full papers, communications, and reviews dealing with innovations, challenges, and perspectives concerning the design, preparation, structure-property insights, and applications of hyperbranched macromolecules and materials based on them.
Dr. Radu-Dan Rusu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hyperbranched polymers
- macromolecular architectures
- macromolecular design and synthesis
- polymer applications
- topology of macromolecules
