title: New methodologies in the construction of dendritic materials.
abstract: Dendritic polymers are highly branched polymer structures, with complex, secondary architectures and well-defined spatial location of functional groups. Due to their unique physical and chemical features, applications in areas such as targeted drug-delivery, macromolecular carriers, catalysis, sensors, light harvesting, surface engineering and biomimetic materials have been proposed. However, only a few dendritic materials have been exploited commercially due to time consuming syntheses and the generation of significant waste/presence of unreacted starting materials. This tutorial review describes traditional synthesis of dendritic materials as well as recent advances in synthetic strategies, for example the use of Click chemistry, as a tool to efficiently obtain complex, functional dendritic structures.
authors.affiliation: Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 56, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlmark
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hawker
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hult
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malkoch
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry; D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D001386:Azides; D050091:Dendrimers; D014230:Triazoles