Kinetic model of hyperbranched polymers formed by self-condensing vinyl polymerization of inimers and trifunctional cores with different reactivities in a continuous-stirred tank reactor

•A model of the synthesis of hyperbranched polymers, HBPs, by the SCVP in a CSTR is proposed.•Addition of trifunctional cores with high reactivity in the reactor retards the growth of polymers.•HBPs with high molecular weight can be produced at high conversion in the CSTR.