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Dendrimers, dendrons, and dendritic polymers : discovery, applications, and the future /
"Dendrimer science has exploded onto the polymer science scene as the fourth major class of polymer architecture. Capturing the history of dendrimer discovery to the present day, this book addresses all the essential information for newcomers and those experienced in the field, including: Funda...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Dendrimers, Dendrons, and Dendritic Polymers; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background/historical; 1.1.1 Pervasive architecture and functional patterns found in nature; 1.1.2 Importance of architecture at the molecular and macromolecular level; 1.1.3 Quantized building blocks
- key to higher complexity; 1.2 Birth of a new macromolecular chemistry concept; 1.2.1 Inspirations from nature, academia, and industry; 1.3 Dendritic polymer subclasses; 1.3.1 Random hyperbranched polymers; 1.3.2 Dendrigraft polymers; 1.3.3 Dendrons and dendrimers.
- 1.4 International academic/commercial interest and activityReferences; 2 The dendritic state; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Hierarchical staircase of structural complexity; 2.1.2 Structure-controlled biotic and abiotic macromolecules; 2.1.3 Proposed dendron/dendrimer shorthand nomenclature; 2.2 Dendrons, dendrimers, and megamers; 2.2.1 Visualization (imaging) of dendrimers and megamers; 2.2.1.1 Well-defined dendrons and dendrimers; 2.2.1.2 Well-defined megamers; 2.2.1.3 Statistical megamers; 2.2.2 Dendron and dendrimer design; 2.2.2.1 Compositional diversity; 2.2.2.2 Cores; 2.2.2.3 Interiors.
- 2.2.2.4 Connectivity2.2.2.5 Branch cells; Symmetrical/unsymmetrical; Monomeric versus oligomeric repeat units; Chirality; 2.2.2.6 Terminal Functionality; Diversity of terminal functionality; Atom mimicry; 2.2.3 Dendrimer core, interior, and terminal group interaction to produce functional nano-devices; 2.2.3.1 Dendrimers as unimolecular micelle mimics; 2.2.3.2 Dendrimers as light harvesting antenna; 2.3 Advances in dendron and dendrimer internal complexity; 2.3.1 Homopolymeric dendrons/dendrimers; 2.3.1.1. Terminal group/generational differentiated homo-polymeric dendrimers.
- 2.3.2 Co-polymeric dendrons/dendrimers2.3.2.1 Compositional differentiated type dendritic copolymers; Radially differentiated (layered) type dendritic copolymers; Sector differentiated (segmented) type dendritic copolymers; 2.3.2.2 Architecturally differentiated copolymers; Architectural-[.linear-dendritic] copolymers; Architectural-[.linear-dendritic] block copolymers; Architectural-[dendritic(core)-linear(shell)] copolymers; Architectural-[linear(core)-dendritic(shell)] copolymers; Architectural-[linear (core)-dendritic-dendritic (shell)] copolymers.
- Macrocyclic-dendritic architectural copolymersArchitectural-[dendritic(core)-cross-linked(shell)] copolymers; Architectural-[branched(core)-dendritic(shell)] copolymers; 2.4 Supramacromolecular assembly of dendrons; 2.4.1 Effect of size, shape and surface chemistry on self-assembly patterns for small molecule amphiphiles; 2.4.2 Dendron shape design; 2.4.3 Dendron self-assembly patterns; 2.5 Supramacromolecular self-assembly of dendrimers; 2.5.1 Dendrimersomes; 2.6 Dendritic supramolecular networks; 2.7 Hierarchical Aufbau: picoscale to micron sized dendritic lattices; References.