dendrimer
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thumb|Dendrimer and dendron Dendrimers are highly ordered, branched polymeric molecules. Synonymous terms for dendrimer include arborols and cascade molecules. Typically, dendrimers are symmetric about the core, and often adopt a spherical three-dimensional morphology. The word dendron is also encountered frequently. A dendron usually contains a single chemically addressable group called the focal point or core. The difference between dendrons and dendrimers is illustrated in the top figure, but the terms are typically encountered interchangeably.
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20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Properties
- Synthesis
- Divergent methods
- Convergent methods
- Click chemistry
- Applications
- Drug delivery
- Role of dendrimer chemical modifications in drug delivery
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Routes of delivery
- Brain drug delivery
- Clinical trials
- Gene delivery and transfection
- Sensors
- Nanoparticles
- Other applications
- Drug delivery
- See also
- References
thumb|Dendrimer and dendron Dendrimers are highly ordered, branched polymeric molecules. Synonymous terms for dendrimer include arborols and cascade molecules. Typically, dendrimers are symmetric about the core, and often adopt a spherical three-dimensional morphology. The word dendron is also encountered frequently. A dendron usually contains a single chemically addressable group called the focal point or core. The difference between dendrons and dendrimers is illustrated in the top figure, but the terms are typically encountered interchangeably.
thumb|Crystal structure of a first-generation polyphenylene dendrimer reported by Müllen et al
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