Aleksei Ananin, Southern Utah University
Dendrimers constitute a family of branching polymers. Every consecutive addition of a monomer creates a new generation of dendrimers. Unlike linear polymers, synthesis of dendrimers faces obstacles like steric hindrance when we move towards larger-sized generations. Idea is to create a molecule with unique structure and the greatest possible size. Project utilizes cyanuric chloride as a core molecule, hydrazine as linking units and piperidine as surface groups. Such chemical polymer is unique and never has seen before.