By
G.R. Newkome, Department of Polymer Sciences and Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-4717, USA
Description
The series
Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules aims to cover the synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of dendritic or cascade
super-molecules as well as their less perfect hyperbranched cousins.
This volume demonstrates the novel and varied growth in this
topic and certainly pushes the supramolecular concepts of Lehn into the budding "supramacro-molecular" frontier.
In Chapter 1,
Villavicenio and McGrath present their pivotal work in the creation of azobenzene-containing dendrimers; their Chapter describes the
fundamental underpinnings to this interesting family. As they state in their summation, "A continuing combination of fundamental studies
on the photomodulation of dendrimer properties in azobenzene-containing dendrimers and the new developments in the application of these
materials to new and existing technologies is anticipated." The field of linear - dendritic block copolymers is summarized in
Chapter
2 from the eyes of Ivan Gitsov, who along with Professor Fréchet were the initiators of this variety of macromolecules.
In Chapter
3, Astruc and colleagues present the recent advances in metallodendrimers, which incorporate ferrocenyl and/or other transition metal
sandwich components; their Chapter capitalizes on the importance of supramolecular chemistry in these dendritic constructs.
Finally,
in Chapter 4, Wiener and Narayanan describe the practical applications of dendrimers to the area of magnetic resonance imaging contrast
agents. Each of these unique chapters covers a different perspective of this versatile group of macromolecules.
Included in series
Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules
Audience:
For polymer scientists and students in academia and industry.
