Table 1. SEC characterisation of polydendrons produced using varying G₂ dendron–PEG₁₆ initiator ratios and under varying polymerization conditions.

Initiator (mol fraction)		Target polymer composition	SEC
G2	PEG16		M n	M w	Đ (M w/M n)
1	0	HPMA50 a	12 200	16 600	1.36
0.5	0.5	HPMA50 a	13 000	16 900	1.30
0	1	HPMA50 a	10 600	16 800	1.59
1	0	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	90 500	1 304 000	14.40
0.9	0.1	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	68 500	1 495 000	21.84
0.75	0.25	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	52 400	987 800	18.88
0.5	0.5	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	39 400	480 700	12.19
0.25	0.75	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	36 200	315 300	8.73
0.1	0.9	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	37 700	286 000	7.61
0	1	HPMA50–EGDMA0.8 b	68 100	296 200	4.35
0.5	0.5	HPMA50–EGDMA0.95 c	121 900	1 779 000	14.60
0	1	HPMA50–EGDMA0.95 c	74 700	642 700	8.60

^aLinear polymerization.

^bBranched polymerizations at total initiator : brancher ratio = 1 : 0.8.

^cBranched polymerizations at total initiator : brancher ratio = 1 : 0.95.