@article { ISI:000323805300007,
	title = {Influence of method of preparation of solid, double-metal cyanide complexes on their catalytic activity for synthesis of hyperbranched polymers},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {464},
	year = {2013},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {51-60},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Catalytic activity of a series of Fe-Zn double-metal cyanide (DMC) complexes with varying structural and acidic properties has been investigated for the synthesis of hyperbranched polyesters (HPs) from glycerol and succinic acid/adipic acid. The DMC complexes were prepared using different complexing and co-complexing agents. Hydrophobicity of the surface, Lewis acidity and micro-mesoporous architecture are the critical features of DMC enabled control on gelation process in preparing HPs of high degree of branching. The micro-mesoporous architecture of DMC acts as a nano-reactor for reactant molecules to form primary condensation products which further polymerize yielding dendrimers. Hyperbranched polyesters of degree of branching as high as 90\% could be achieved without gelation using DMC catalysts. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Dendrimers, Double-metal cyanide, heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrophobic solid acid catalyst, Hyperbranched polymers},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2013.05.024},
	author = {Sebastian, Joby and Srinivas, Darbha}
}
