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From Dendrimers to Macrocycles: 80 Years George R. Newkome—Milestones of a Gentleman Scientist
Author(s) -
Zechel Stefan,
Hager Martin D.,
Schubert Stephanie,
Manners Ian,
Schubert Ulrich S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201800269
Subject(s) - george (robot) , dendrimer , simple (philosophy) , polymer science , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , art history , chemistry , art , philosophy , materials science , epistemology
Prof. George R. Newkome will become 80 years old in November 2018 and his extraordinary research results of the last 50 years are highlighted in this essay. He was one of the pioneers of dendrimers and invented the new field of metallodendrimers, which feature the high benefit of a selective synthesis. This building principle was later utilized for the preparation of 2D and 3D molecules. For this purpose, simple molecular units were assembled to complex architectures by simple complexation of terpyridines with metals.