Contents: 1. Contributors; 2. Seriespreface; 3. A brief historical perspective; 4. Introduction to the dendritic state; 5. Structural control of linear macromolecules; 6. Progress in the branched architectural state; 7. Developments in the accelerated convergent synthesis of dendrimers; 8. Formation, structure and properties of the crosslinked state relative to precursor architecture; 9. Regioselectively-Crosslinked nanostructures; 10. Hybridization of architectural states - Dendritic-linear copolymer hybrids; 11. Statistically branched dendritic polymers; 12. Semi-Controlled dendritic structure synthesis; 13. Gel electrophoretic characterization of dendritic polymers; 14. Characterization of dendritically branched polymers by small angle neutron scattering (SANS), small angle X-Ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM); 15. Atomic force microscopy for the characterization of dendritic polymers and assemblies; 16. Characterization of dendrimer structures by spectroscopic techniques; 17. Rheology and solution properties of dendrimers; 18. Dendritic and hyperbranched lycoconjugates as biomedical anti-adhesion agents; 19. Some unique features of dendrimers based upon self-assembly and host-guest roperties; 20. Dendritic polymers - Optical and photochemical properties; 21. Bioapplications of PAMAM dendrimers; 22. Dendrimer-based biological reagents - Preparation and applications in diagnostics; 23. Dendritic polymer applications - Catalysts; 24. Optical effects manifested by PAMAM dendrimer metal nano-composites; 25. Dendrimers in nanobiological devices; 26. Antibodies to PAMAM dendrimers - Reagents for immune detection, patterning and assembly of dendrimers; 27. Preparation of ‘Fre´chet-type’ polyether dendrons and aliphatic polyester dendrimers by convergent growth - An experimental
primer; 28. Laboratory synthesis of poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers; 29. Synthesis and characterization of poly (Propylene imine) dendrimers; 30. Laboratory synthesis and characterization of megamers - Core-shell tecto (dendrimers); 31. Conclusion/ Outlook – Toward higher macromolecular complexity in the twenty-first century; 32. Index.
Thermal Analysis of Polymeric Materials systematically treats macroscopic measurements by thermal analysis and the quantitative link to microscopic, molecular structure and mobility. Reversible and irreversible thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and statistical thermodynamics are the roots of the described thermal analysis.
This ideal introductory text covers the basics of polymer chemistry and engineering, as well as structure-property relationships in plastics, in a concise manner..
