Hyperbranched and hiperfunctionalized materials from dendritic chemistry.

MARCELO CALDERÓN; MIRIAM STRUMIA

Universidad de Caracas

Lugar: Caracas; Año: 2013 vol. 33 p. 2 - 2

endritic molecules are highly ordered, regularly branched, and monodisperse macromolecules. Due to their unique and well-defined macromolecular structure they are attractive scaffolds for a variety of high-end applications and constitute a fascinating nanoscale toolkit. They are of great interest to both, nano and polymer science, as building blocks due to their unique macromolecular properties. In recent years, research in the field of dendritic chemistry has experienced an exponential development in academic and technological areas and such macromolecular structures have also been extensively explored in materials science, specifically in biomedical areas. The unique advantages offered by dendritic architectures over conventional macromolecules and polymers are the presence of multiple functional groups and their amenability to further chemical modification, extremely low molecular weight dispersity, low solution viscosity, reduced molecular entanglement, and nanoscopic size