Preface ....................................................... vii
Ust of Contributors ............................................ xi
1 Dendrimers as quantized nano-modules in the nanotechnology
field ........................................................ 1
Jørn B. Christensen and Donald A. Tomalia
2 Novel methods for dendrimer synthesis ....................... 35
Isao Washio and Mitsuru Ueda
3 Designer monomers to tailored dendrimers .................... 57
George R. Newkome and Carol Shreiner
4 Dendronized polymers: state of the art in Zurich ............ 95
Afang Zhang and A. Dieter Schlüter
5 Shape persistent polyphenylene-based dendrimers ............ 121
Martin Baumgarten, Tianshi Qin, and Klaus Müllen
6 Dendrimer chemistry with fullerenes ........................ 161
Jean-François Nierengarten
7 Redox and fluorescent open core dendrimers ................. 195
Angel E. Kaifer
8 Redox-active organometallic dendrimers as electrochemical
sensors .................................................... 219
Carmen M. Casado, Beatriz Alonso, José Losada, and María
Pilar García-Armada
9 Shape-persistent conjugated dendrimers for organic
electronics ................................................ 263
Jing Yan, Fan Gao, Jian Pei, and Yuguo Ma
10 Fine-controlled metal assembly in dendrimers ............... 303
Takane Imaoka and Kimihisa Yamamoto
11 Enlightening structure and properties of dendrimers by
fluorescence depolarization ................................ 341
Giacomo Bergamini, Enrico Marchi, Paola Сеroni, and
Vincenio Balzani
12 Single-molecule spectroscopy of dendrimer systems .......... 367
Tom Vosch
13 Degradable dendrimers ...................................... 403
Marc Gingras
14 Porphyrin dendrimers as biological oxygen sensors .......... 463
Sergei A. Vinogradov and David F. Wilson
15 Peptide dendrimers as artificial proteins .................. 505
Tamis Darbre and Jean-Louis Reymond
16 Phosphorus-containing dendritic architectures: synthesis
and applications ........................................... 529
Anne-Marie Caminade and Jean-Pierre Majoral
Index ......................................................... 563
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