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Dendrimers: From Generations and Functional Groups to Functions

Jörg Issberner, Rolf Moors, Fritz Vögtle

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1995 · 292 citations · 71 references

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Abstract

Not just the size but also the multiplication of functions possible through branching is at the forefront of dendrimer chemistry. Owing to the numerous recent key publications by Newkome, Fréchet, Moore, Majoral, Meijer, and others, this Highlight has the dimensions of a minireview.

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