title: Special Issue: "Functional Dendrimers".
abstract: This special issue entitled "Functional Dendrimers" focuses on the manipulation of at least six "critical nanoscale design parameters" (CNDPs) of dendrimers including: size, shape, surface chemistry, flexibility/rigidity, architecture and elemental composition. These CNDPs collectively define properties of all "functional dendrimers". This special issue contains many interesting examples describing the manipulation of certain dendrimer CNDPs to create new emerging properties and, in some cases, predictive nanoperiodic property patterns (i.e., dendritic effects). The systematic engineering of CNDPs provides a valuable strategy for optimizing functional dendrimer properties for use in specific applications.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. donald.tomalia@gmail.com.|Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. donald.tomalia@gmail.com.|National Dendrimer & Nanotechnology Center, NanoSynthons LLC, 1200 N. Fancher Avenue, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, USA. donald.tomalia@gmail.com.
authors: Donald A
authors: DA
authors: Tomalia
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers
keywords: critical nanoscale design parameters (CNDPs); dendrimers/dendrons; dendritic effects; hyperbranched polymers; major polymer architectures; nanoperiodic property patterns; new emerging dendrimer properties