Some Unique Features of Dendrimers Based upon Self-Assembly and Host-Guest Properties

Some Unique Features of Dendrimers Based upon Self-Assembly and Host-Guest Properties 

Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 

Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Polymers. Edited by Jean M. J. Frechet and Donald A. Tomalia 2001 John Wiley Sons Ltd 

The design and synthesis of supramolecular architectures with parallel control over shape and dimensions is a challenging task in current organic chemistry [13, 14], The information stored at a molecular level plays a key role in the process of self-assembly. Recent examples of nanoscopic supramolecular complexes from outside the dendrimer held include hydrogen-bonded rosettes [15,16], polymers [17], sandwiches [18, 19] and other complexes [20-22], helicates [23], grids [24], mushrooms [25], capsules [26] and spheres [27]. 

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