A theoretical study of conformational properties of dendritic block copolymers of first generation

Conformational properties of a dendritic block copolymer of the first generation are studied by means of an analytic calculation and dimensionality techniques. The polymer can have different functionalities and branch lengths in the interior region and the exterior shell. Three parameters are included in order to describe the intensity of the interactions between the same or different monomeric units. Based on the average end to end distances of the branches effective angles are defined in order to study how the microscopic parameters control the position and activity of the end groups, but also the hollowness in the internal region and the tweezing ability of the external shell of the macromolecule.