Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules

by G.R. Newkome

Overview

The series Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules aims to cover the synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of dendritic or cascade super-molecules as well as their less perfect hyperbranched cousins.

In Volume 3, Chapter 1 describes the synthesis and characterization of dendrimers and hyperbranched polyesters, both based on 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid, as the AB2-monomer. Chapter 2, discusses the advantages and drawbacks of dendritic molecular architectures necessary to create polymeric organic magnetic materials. In Chapter 3, Balzani and colleagues delineate their contributions to the field of polynuclear transition metal complexes in the design and construction of dendritic nanostructures; these luminesence and redox-active complexes suggest their role as photochemical molecular devices operating by photoinduced energy and electron transfer processes. Chapter 4, reviews the overall progress on redox-active dendrimers, especially as redox catalysts, organic conductors, modified electrodes, and models for electron transfer proteins. Chapter 5, summarizes the pioneering research in organometallic dendritic macromolecules and then delineates the redox properties of a series of silicon-based ferrocenyl-containing dendrimers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762300693
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/16/1996
Series:	Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules , #3
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	0.63(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter headings. Preface. Dendrimers and hyperbranched aliphatic polyesters based on 2,-2Bis(hydroxymethyl) propionic acid (Bis-MPA). Consequences of the fractal character of dendritic high-spin macromolecules on their physiochemcial properties. Dendrimers based on metal complexes. Redox-active dendrimers, related building blocks, and oligomers. Organometallic dendritic macromolecules: organosilicon and organometallic entities as cores or building blocks. Index.

Editorial Reviews

from:H.W. Gibson
"This volume is part of an ongoing series that aims to summarise advances in the field of dendrimers, an area of importance both fundamentally and from the perspective of its applications. The book succeeds admirably in reviewing four aspects of this broadening field and generally provides references through the year 2000, with a few more from 2001...Overall this volume is a necessary acquisition for up-to-date science libraries and a very useful information source for those interested in dendrimer syntheses, properties and applications." —Journal of the American Chemical Society

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