Multicharged and/or water-soluble fluorescent dendrimers: properties and uses.
The fluorescence of water-soluble dendritic compounds can be due to the whole structure or to fluorophores used as core, as peripheral groups, or as branches. Highly sophisticated precisely defined structures with other functional groups usable for material or biological purposes have been synthesised, but many recent examples have shown that dendrimers can be used as versatile platforms for statistically linking various types of functional groups.
Caminade
Anne-Marie
AM
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC) CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France. anne-marie.caminade@lcc-toulouse.fr
Hameau
Aurélien
A
Majoral
Jean-Pierre
JP
D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D050091:Dendrimers; D004337:Drug Carriers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C104700:PAMAM Starburst; D011073:Polyamines; D011126:Polypropylenes; C443641:poly(propyleneimine); D014867:Water; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate