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Surface Fractality of Dendrimers
Author(s) -
Farin Dina,
Avnir David
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199113791
Subject(s) - dendrimer , fractal dimension , fractal , surface (topology) , dimension (graph theory) , biomolecule , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , mathematics , polymer chemistry , geometry , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics
The surface of the polyamidoamine (PAMAM) starburst dendrimers of Tomalia et al. is indeed fractal. Two independent analyses yielded as fractal dimension D 2.41 ± 0.04 and 2.42 ± 0.07. The fractal dimension of several enzymes lie in this region, so the starburst dendrimers will probably mimic biomolecules.