PAMAM dendrimers geometry

Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) systems are perhaps the most studied in the area of electrochemistry in the presence of dendrimers. The uptake of by coordination to amine sites followed by reduction to Cu yielded clusters that have potential use for catalysis [38]. The stabiUty of the small clusters suggested that they reside in the cavities of these starburst molecules. Because PAMAM is a nonspecific ligand, the use of this method of preparing clusters is applicable to a wide range of metals. Moreover, the geometry of dendrimers and the variation of size that is available by controlling the generation number allow the prediction that they can be immobilized by a variety of methods at electrode surfaces. 

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