• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.575-580
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• 2005

The hydroxy terminated aliphatic hyperbranched polyesters having different generations were synthesized by using melt polycondensation procedure. Then, the terminal groups of hyperbranched polyesters were modified by using acryloyl chloride and characterized by $\^{1}H$-NMR and GPC techniques. As a result of the modification of terminal groups for hyperbranched polyesters, the phase of the polymers were changed from sticky solid to high viscous liquid indicating that the glass transition temperatures of modified hyperbranched polyesters were lower than the original one. The thermal stabilities of hydroxy terminated hyperbranched polyesters were higher than those of terminal group-modified polymers.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.9
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• pp.1201-1210
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• 2002

A new series of hyperbranched aromatic polyesters containing azoxybenzene mesogens and polymethylene spacers were prepared by polymerizing AB2 type monomers that have the isophthaloyl dicarboxylic acid terminal at one end and the p-oxyp henol terminal at the other end. The monomers contain a built-in azoxybenzene mesogen that is linked to the terminal groups through polymethylene spacers. The polyesters prepared were characterized by solution viscosity, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffractometry and polarizing microscopy. All of the polyesters were found to be thermotropic (nematic). Their glass-transition temperatures and mesophase temperature ranges were very sensitive to the length of the two spacers existing in the repeating unit. The degree of branching of one of the polyesters was determined by the NMR spectroscopy and found to be 0.56.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.114-115
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• 2006

We investigated the effects of annealing on the rearrangement of H-bonding structure and its influence on the thermal and rheological properties of $2^{nd}\;and\;4^{th}$ pseudo-generation aliphatic hyperbranched (HB) polyesters based on 2,2-bis(methylol)propionic acid. During annealing of amorphous HB polyesters, the structure becomes more ordered as a consequence of multiple H-bonds formation between linear sequences. Structure ordering is more pronounced for the lower pseudo-generation HB polyester with low molar mass, low degree of branching and incompletely reacted core hydroxyl groups which greatly increases the possibility for multiple H-bond interactions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.1225-1231
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• 2013

A novel class of hyperbranched polyesters, HPpEP and HPmEP, were prepared via a facile one-pot polymerization of a phloroglucinol (as a $B_3$ monomer) with a phthaloyl dichloride (as an $A_2$ monomer) for replacing a problematic BPA developer in thermal printing system. The resulting polymers, HPpEP and HPmEP, had highly branched structures and met well the requirements for high performance developer materials such as colorlessness, easy and inexpensive synthesis, high thermal stability, etc. In addition, these polymers exhibited an efficient reaction with leuco dyes (ODB-2) for a coloring process by releasing protons from linear and terminal phenol groups of polymers when heated.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.523-535
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• 2005

Linear aromatic polyesters are representative examples of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers (TLCPs), which have been the subject of many researches. This article reviews the structure-LC properties relationship in wholly aromatic CLCPs mostly based on the results obtained for the past quarter of a century. Especially, this review deals with the structural details of aromatic polyester TLCPs that influence the liquid crystalline and thermal properties. In the last part of this article the liquid crystalline properties of combined type and hyperbranched polyester also are discussed. Introduction to various synthetic methods are included in the last section.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.104-105
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• 2006

We succeeded the synthesis of new functional polymers by novel ring-opening addition reactions of bis(oxetane)s with diacyl chlorides, di(active ester)s, and di(carboxylic acid)s using quaternary onium salts as catalysts at appropriate conditions. Hyperbranched polyesters with many pendant hydroxy groups were also synthesized by the polyaddition of bis(oxetane)s with tricarboxylic acid, or by the self-polyadditions of $AB_2\;or\;A_2B$ type monomers containing oxetane group. The anionic ring-opening polymerization of (3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyl)oxetane was examined using sodium tert-buthoxide to give hyperbranched poly(ether)s containing one oxetanyl group and many hydroxyl groups in the end of polymer chain.

• Advances in nano research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.15-29
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• 2016

A low cost environmentally benign surface coating binder is highly desirable in the field of material science. In this report, castor oil based hyperbranched polyester/bitumen modified fly ash nanocomposites were fabricated to achieve the desired performance. The hyperbranched polyester resin was synthesized by a three-step one pot condensation reaction using monoglyceride of castor oil based carboxyl terminated pre-polymer and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid. Also, the bulk fly ash of paper industry waste was converted to hydrophilic nano fly ash by ultrasonication followed by transforming it to an organonano fly ash by the modification with bitumen. The synthesized polyester resin and its nanocomposites were characterized by different analytical and spectroscopic tools. The nanocomposite obtained in presence of 20 wt% styrene (with respect to polyester) was found to be more homogeneous and stable compared to nanocomposite without styrene. The performance in terms of tensile strength, impact resistance, scratch hardness, chemical resistance and thermal stability was found to be improved significantly after formation of nanocomposite compared to the pristine system after curing with bisphenol-A based epoxy and poly(amido amine). The overall results of transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis and performance showed good exfoliation of the nano fly ash in the polyester matrix. Thus the studied nanocomposites would open up a new avenue on development of low cost high performing surface coating materials.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.237-244
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• 2017

Hyperbranched liquid crystalline polymers with azomesogenic and cholesteryl groups in their terminal positions were designed and synthesized by direct polycondensation reaction. The chemical structures and thermal and mesomorphic properties of the synthesized polymers were investigated by FT-IR, $^1H-NMR$, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). The inherent viscosities (${\eta}_{inh}$) of the polymers were measured to be between 0.30 and 0.50 dL/g in phenol/p-chlorophenol/1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (25/40/35 = w/w/w). The degree of branching (DB) in these polymers ranged from 0.37 to 0.75; they, as amorphous polymer, showed glass transition temperatures ranging from 80 to $120^{\circ}C$; the polymers readily dissolved in most of the organic solvents used in the experiments. Only hyperbranched polymers with a cholesteryl group as their mesogenic group showed liquid crystalline phases.