Dendrimer Chemistry: Supramolecular Perspectives and Applications

Dendrimer-Based Drug Delivery Systems: From Theory to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-54

  Moorefield, Charles N ^a   Perera, Sujith ^a   Newkome, George R ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling of dendrimerized chromogenic sites as chemosensors; Dendrimer chemistry, supramolecular perspectives and applications; Dendrimer cross linking control, NP with predictable rigidity; Dendritic void volume for micellar entrapment, catalytic site construction; Supramolecular self assembly, H bonding interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886204427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118275238.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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