Dendrimers and miktoarm polymers: design, synthesis and applications

树状大分子是高分子化学中发展最快的领域之一，在生物医学、催化、光电子等领域的应用不断受到广泛关注。Miktoarm聚合物是一种超支化的星形聚合物，具有树状大分子特有的一些重要性质，并且在使用超分子自组织方法设计纳米材料方面也受到了极大的关注。树突状和mitoarm大分子结构的多样性提供了一个丰富而肥沃的研究领域。这种大分子在工业规模上的可用性也是必不可少的，并创造了另一个激烈活动的场所。通过这项CRD计划，Polymer Source将与麦吉尔大学建立合作关系，共同开发结构控制的树状大分子和mitoarm聚合物的合成方法。我们开发了一种简单有效的枝状大分子和超支化聚合物的发散合成方法。在这项CRD资助中，我们建议结合我们丰富的合成经验，树突大分子的知识，以及麦吉尔大学的研究设施，设计和合成新的树突和mitoarm聚合物，并研究它们的结构-性质关系。高分子材料具有广阔的市场。该研究项目为研究生提供了独特的机会，以获得具有挑战性的合成/表征/应用化学经验，并学习独特的实验室在加拿大的中试规模生产。有了这样的专业知识，这些学生将具有优势，并将成为包括聚合物源在内的制造/研究工业部门工作的抢手人选。

Dendrimers constitute one of the fastest growing areas of macromolecular chemistry, and continue to attract widespread attention for applications in a variety of areas including biomedicine, catalysis, opto-electronics. Miktoarm polymers that are hyperbranched and star-shaped, share some of the important properties unique to dendrimers, and are also gaining significant attention in designing nanomaterials using supramolecular self-organization methodology. The diversity of dendritic and miktoarm macromolecular architectures that can be synthetically articulated offers a rich and fertile area of research. The availability of such macromolecules at the industrial scale is also essential, and has created another venue of intense activity. Through this CRD initiative, Polymer Source is going to establish a collaboration with McGill University to develop synthetic methodologies for architecture controlled dendrimers and miktoarm polymers. We have developed a simple and efficient divergent synthetic methodology to a variety of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. In this CRD grant, we propose to combine our extensive synthetic experience, knowledge of dendritic macromolecules, and the research facilities at McGill, to design and synthesize novel dendritic and miktoarm polymers, and study their structure-property relationships. Polymer Source has extensive market for these macromolecules. This research program offers unique opportunities to graduate students to gain challenging synthetic/characterization/applied chemistry experience, as well as learn unique lab to pilot scale manufacturing in Canada. With such an expertise, these students will have an edge, and will be sought-after candidates for jobs in the manufacturing/research industrial sector including Polymer Source.