Synthetic strategies towards fullerene-rich dendrimer assemblies

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 501-538

  Hahn, Uwe ^a   Vögtle, Fritz ^b   Nierengarten, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Fullerene; Fullerodendrimers; Nanotechnology; Self assembly Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON ALLOTROPES; DENDRIMER ASSEMBLY; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; FULLERODENDRIMERS; INITIAL STAGES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANOHYBRIDS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PURE CHEMICALS; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SELF-ASSEMBLY SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SHIELDING EFFECT; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMOPHORES; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPHERES; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

FULLERENES;

EID: 84861773150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4010501     Document Type: Article

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