Dendrimers with both polar and apolar nanocontainer characteristics.
Amphiphilic dendrimers with a custom-designed biaryl repeat unit have been synthesized. These dendrimers afford hydrophobic nanocontainers in polar solvents and hydrophilic nanocontainers in apolar solvents. These container properties were investigated using dye incorporation studies. The aggregation states of these dendrimers are also reported using DLS studies.
Vutukuri
Dharma Rao
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Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Basu
Subhadeep
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Thayumanavan
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D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011370:Proflavine / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D013053:Spectrophotometry
D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004337:Drug Carriers; D011108:Polymers; D011721:Pyrenes; C030984:pyrene; D011370:Proflavine