The two companion volumes of Advances in Polymer Science numbers 142 and 143 deal with modern aspects of long-chain branching in synthetic polymers. The long-chain architecture is now increasingly used as a design tool for targetted polymer properties. The synthetic aspects cover branching by cationic polymerization, asymmetric branching, poly(macromonomers), dendrimer-polymer hybrids and hyperbranched polymers. Three contributions cover theory and simulation of branching, solution properties, and melt flow of branched polymers, respectively. TOC:A. Hult, M. Johansson, E. Malmström: Hyperbranched Polymers.- Freire, J.J.: Conformational Properties of Branched Polymers: Theory and Simulations.- W. Burchard: Solution Properties of Branched Macromolecules.- T.C.B. McLeish, S.T. Milner: Entangled Dynamics and Melt Flow of Branched Polymers.

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Hyperbranched Polymers.- Conformational Properties of Branched Polymers: Theory and Simulations.- Solution Properties of Branched Macromolecules.- Entangled Dynamics and Melt Flow of Branched Polymers.