Dendritic gels - Many arms make light work

David K. Smith

doi:10.1002/adma.200600474

Dendritic gels - Many arms make light work

David K. Smith

Chemistry

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Abstract

Dendrimers and dendrons are a unique class of molecular-scale building blocks for the construction of nanostructured materials. This article provides an accessible overview of the ways in which the unique architectural feature of molecular-scale branching can endow gel-phase materials with tunability and a high density of functionality. This makes these structures ideal for the construction of multiply crosslinked covalent gels, and also for the self-assembly of multiply bound non-covalent (supramolecular) gels. The unique properties and potential applications of these types of material are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2773-2778
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	18
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200600474
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2006

Keywords

CONTROLLABLE NANOMATERIALS
PEPTIDIC DENDRIMERS
BUILDING-BLOCKS
ONE-COMPONENT
MOLECULES
CHEMISTRY
POLYMERS
GELATORS
ETHERS

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