Branched Polymers IAuthor: Dr. Jacques Roovers Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-64923-6 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-68310-0Table of Contents:Synthesis of Branched Polymers by Cationic Polymerization Asymmetric Star Polymers: Synthesis and Properties Poly(macromonomers): Homo- and Copolymerization Dendrimers and Dendrimer-Polymer Hybrids, With contributions by numerous experts, Synthesis of Branched Polymers by Cationic Polymerization -- Asymmetric Star Polymers: Synthesis and Properties -- Poly(macromonomers): Homo- and Copolymerization -- Dendrimers and Dendrimer-Polymer Hybrids, The two companion volumes of Advances in Polymer Science numbers 142 and 143 deal with modern aspects of long-chain branching in synthetic polymers. The long-chain architecture is now increasingly used as a design tool for targetted polymer properties. The synthetic aspects cover branching by cationic polymerization, asymmetric branching, poly(macromonomers), dendrimer-polymer hybrids and hyperbranched polymers. Three contributions cover theory and simulation of branching, solution properties, and melt flow of branched polymers, respectively