Synthesis,properties, and practical application of hyperbranched polymers

The methods of synthesis of hyperbranched polymers are considered and systematized with main attention focused on such modern and promising procedures of crosslinking free-radical polymerization as living chain and intense chain transfer regimes. The synthetic approach to hyperbranched polymers via free-radical oxidative polymerization is the first to be put forth. The main problems concerning these polymers are formulated, and the recent advances in this field are generalized and elucidated.