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Metallodendrimers: Structural Diversity and Functional Behavior
Author(s) -
Gorman Christopher
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199803)10:4<295::aid-adma295>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , functional diversity , electrochemistry , chemistry , biology , ecology , electrode
This review of metallodendrimers has two main goals: first, to illustrate the various structure types of metallodendrimers, demonstrating their substantial structural diversity, and second, to highlight their applications, either potential or already coming into existence. Applications include metallodendrimers as nanoparticle equivalents, for sensing and imaging, for catalysis, and as molecular antennas or for producing controlled microenvironments. Their electrochemical behavior is also considered. The difficulty of representing the three‐dimensional structure of metallodendrimers is touched upon.