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Cover Picture: Sugar‐Decorated Dendritic Nanocarriers: Encapsulation and Release of the Octahedral Rhenium Cluster Complex [Re 6 S 8 (OH) 6 ] 4− (Chem. Asian J. 12/2010)
Author(s) -
Kubeil Manja,
Stephan Holger,
Pietzsch HansJürgen,
Geipel Gerhard,
Appelhans Dietmar,
Voit Brigitte,
Hoffmann Jan,
Brutschy Bernhard,
Mironov Yuri V.,
Brylev Konstantin A.,
Fedorov Vladimir E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201090041
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , nanotechnology , nanocarriers , nanoparticle , colloidal gold , drug delivery , chemistry , nanomaterials , molecule , self assembly , materials science , organic chemistry
Nanomaterials based on a dendritic structure are widely recognized as fascinating drug‐delivery vehicles and, owing to their near‐perfect architectures and the wide scope for structural variation, such molecules seem to be ideally suited to encapsulate drug molecules. In this context, sugar‐decorated dendritic nanocontainers are of special interest. In their Full Paper on page 2507 ff. , H. Stephan et al. show that glycodendrimers with dense maltose shells are capable of encapsulating and releasing nanometer‐sized guest molecules in a controlled manner. Different physico‐chemical methods provide strong evidence that the guest molecules are preferentially bound in the interior of the dendritic skeleton.