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X-ray scattering studies on molecular structures of star and dendritic polymers

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We studied the molecular shapes and structural characteristics of a 33-armed, star polystyrene (PS-33A) and two 3rd-generation, dendrimer-like, star-branched poly(methyl methacrylate)s with different architectures (PMMA-G3a and PMMA-3Gb) and 32 end-branches under good solvent and theta (Θ) solvent conditions by using synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The SAXS analyses were used to determine the structural details of the star PS and dendrimer-like, star-branched PMMA polymers. PS-33A had a fuzzy-spherical shape, whereas PMMA-G3a and PMMA-G3b had fuzzy-ellipsoidal shapes of similar size, despite their different chemical architectures. The star PS polymer’s arms were more extended than those of linear polystyrene. Furthermore, the branches of the dendrimer-like, star-branched polymers were more extended than those of the star PS polymer, despite having almost the same number of branches as PS-33A. The differences between the internal chain structures of these materials was attributed to their different chemical architectures.

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    Sangwoo Jin, Kyeong Sik Jin, Jinhwan Yoon, Kyuyoung Heo, Jehan Kim, Kwang-Woo Kim & Moonhor Ree

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Jin, S., Jin, K.S., Yoon, J. et al. X-ray scattering studies on molecular structures of star and dendritic polymers. Macromol. Res. 16, 686–694 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218582

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