Issue 19, 2016

Inorganic dendrimers: recent advances for catalysis, nanomaterials, and nanomedicine

Abstract

Dendrimers are hyperbranched polymers having a perfectly defined structure because they are synthesized step-by-step in an iterative fashion, and not by polymerization reactions. Some dendrimers are considered as inorganic, as they possess inorganic atoms at each branching point. Among numerous examples, two families of inorganic dendrimers have emerged as particularly promising: silicon-containing dendrimers, particularly carbosilanes, and phosphorus-containing dendrimers, particularly phosphorhydrazones. This tutorial review will display the main properties of both families of dendrimers in the fields of catalysis, materials and biology/nanomedicine. Emphasis will be put on the most recent and promising examples.

Graphical abstract: Inorganic dendrimers: recent advances for catalysis, nanomaterials, and nanomedicine

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
28 jan 2016
First published
03 mar 2016

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016,45, 5174-5186

Inorganic dendrimers: recent advances for catalysis, nanomaterials, and nanomedicine

A. Caminade, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 5174 DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00074F

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