Inverted ‘unimolecular micelle’ type

Meijer et al [6] reported on inverted unimolecular micelle type dendrimers (Figure 13.4) which have a hydrophilic interior and a hydrophobic shell, synthesized by modifying the end groups of hydrophilic polypropylene imine) dendrimer with alkyl chains. It was shown that these dendrimers could host... 

Figure 13.4 Inverted unimolecular micelle type dendrimer (3) reported by Meijer and the probe...

Cyclic polymers should be an excellent substrate for the preparation of invertible unimolecular micelles (Figure 2). Traditional micelles are formed in solution as a thermodynamic minima resulting from the self-assembly of surfactant type amphiphilic molecules. Because of this self-assembly process, they are subject to two significant limitations ... 

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