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Phosphorus dendritic architectures: polyanionic and polycationic derivatives
Author(s) -
Caminade AnneMarie,
Turrin CédricOlivier,
Laurent Régis,
Rebout Cyrille,
Majoral JeanPierre
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1929
Subject(s) - dendrimer , self healing hydrogels , nanoporous , nanotechnology , cytotoxicity , materials science , chemistry , phosphorus , hybrid material , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , in vitro
The synthesis of phosphorus dendrimers having charges in their structure, either in the interior or as end‐groups, is briefly reviewed. The emphasis is then put on the properties and applications of these compounds in the fields of materials science and biology. In the first case, polyionic dendrimers have been used to elaborate new mesoscopically ordered hybrid materials, nanoporous materials, hydrogels, fibres, nanotubes, microcapsules and vesicles. In the second case, the low cytotoxicity measured for the positively charged dendrimers has indicated their potential as transfection agents, and as anti‐prion agents. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry