| Dendrimers IV: Metal Coordination, Self Assembly, Catalysis 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Vögtle, Fritz (Editor), Schalley, Christoph A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540420959 ISBN-13: 9783540420958 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: With the present issue of Topics in Current Chemistry, the fourth and final volume concluding the mini-series on dendrimer chemistry has appeared. With a focus on the interdisciplinary bridges to neighboring fields, the contributions to this volume focus on coordination, catalysis and self-assembly, nicely balanced by a synthesis-based article on dendritic oligoethers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical - Science | Chemistry - Organic - Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - General |
| Dewey: 541.225 |
| LCCN: 74644622 |
| Series: Topics in Current Chemistry |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dendrimers stand within the focus of quite an interdisciplinary area of research: Metallodendrimers bring inorganic chemistry into play. Organic synthesis c- tributes much to the preparation of dendrimers, which are then studied by various physicochemical methods such as small angle neutron scattering, photochemistry, and many others. The relation to macromolecules is straig- forward, but their routine use in biochemistry, e. g., as gene transfection vectors may be less obvious. Al1 these different aspects have been combined in the Topics tetralogy in order to provide an overview as broad as possible in this fascinating field of chemistry. The fourth and final issue in the series starts with a chapter by Chow on the synthesis of dendritic oligoethers, which represent polypodands soluble in many solvents. Two contributions deal with dendrimers based on the "le- than-covalent" bond. While metal coordination as described in the review by Reinhoudt still employs rather strong bonds with bond energies close to co- lent bonds, Zimmerman's overview comprises dendrimers that self-assemble via weak forces such as hydrogen bonding. Biologic activity is one of the major topics in Lindhorst's overview of glycodendrimers, which have become a useful tool for the study of carbohydrate-protein interactions and multivalency. The article by Hirsch on fullerenes containing dendrimers provides extensive inf- mation on their properties as new materials. Finally, function again is a major topic, when catalysis (van Koten) is achieved using dendrimers. |
