ABSTRACT
Dendrimers .................................................................................................298 8.15 General Concepts of Polymer Blends ....................................................301 8.16 Blends of Dendritic Polymers with Thermoplastics............................303 8.17 Rheological Properties of Dendritic-Thermoplastic Blends ...............305 References.............................................................................................................306
Polymeric materials have made a significant impact on many aspects of our daily lives, and many new types of polymers are being developed. Among them is a very new family of polymers known as dendritic macromolecules (dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers), which are receiving increasing
interest as the search for new, tailor-made polymeric materials with specific properties intensifies.
