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Cation‐Induced Unidirectional Self‐Assembly of Amino‐Terminated Poly(propylene imine) Dendrimers
Author(s) -
Pietsch Torsten,
Cheval Nicolas,
Appelhans Dietmar,
Gindy Nabil,
Voit Brigitte,
Fahmi Amir
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201001461
Subject(s) - dendrimer , nanofiber , imine , materials science , self assembly , nanotechnology , micrometer , aqueous medium , nanoparticle , polymer chemistry , aqueous solution , polymer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , optics , catalysis
Nanofibers are fabricated by the self‐assembly of poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers in the presence of cadmium cations in aqueous media. The fibers consist of ribbons of PPI dendrimers linked by the cations. Subsequently, micrometer‐long nanofibers are decorated with gold nanoparticles via wet‐chemical reduction.