title: The dendritic effect illustrated with phosphorus dendrimers.
abstract: The dendritic (or dendrimer) effect is observed when a functional group behaves differently when it is alone or linked to a dendrimer; its properties can even vary depending on the generation of the dendrimers. The dendritic effect can be observed with any type of dendrimer, and for any type of property, even if it has been most generally tracked in catalysis and biology, and to a lesser extent in the field of materials. This review is mainly oriented towards the various types of dendritic effects observed with polyphosphorhydrazone dendrimers, even if many examples obtained with other types of dendrimers are given.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France. anne-marie.caminade@lcc-toulouse.fr.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Caminade
authors.forename: Armelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouali
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Cédric-Olivier
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Turrin
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Majoral