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SUBMITTER: Yan JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3792419 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20131008
In nature, a sapling can grow into a big tree under irradiation of sunlight. In chemistry, a similar concept that a small molecule only exposing to sunlight grows into a hyperbranched macromolecule has not been realized by now. The achievement of the concept will be fascinating and valuable for polymer synthesis wherein sunlight is inexpensive, abundant, renewable, and nonpolluting. Herein, we report a new strategy in which small monomers can directly grow into big hyperbranched macromolecule un ...[more]