ABSTRACT

This chapter focuses on various synthetic strategies of the amphiphilichyperbranchedcopolymer with a briefing on its important characteristics. Moreover, an attempt is made here to describe the structure‒property relationship and various strategies adopted to tune the characteristics in order to meet some desired set of criteria. Such copolymers have gained popularity in the world of innovation, where there is a rising demand for easy fabrication, versatile synthetic routes and easy tunability for the moderation of end product characteristics. Moreover, enhancing compatibility, self-assembled micelle, and stabilization of nanoparticles pose an ever-increasing demand for research in this context in order to obtain numerous amphiphilichyperbranched copolymer‒based systemsthat can be used in pharmaceutical as well as various specialty chemical industries. Compared to linear and branched copolymers, the globular and hyperbranched architectures endow new characteristics, higher functionality, intra-molecular cavities, low viscosity, and high compatibility with a wide range of solvents with different polarity as well as with switchable polarity.