Table of Contents

Preface vii

List of Contributors xi

1 Dendrimers as quantized nano-modules in the nanotechnology field 1
Jørn B. Christensen and Donald A. Tomalia

2 Novel methods for dendrimer synthesis 35
Isao Washio and Mitsuru Ueda

3 Designer monomers to tailored dendrimers 57
George R. Newkome and Carol Shreiner

4 Dendronized polymers: state of the art in Zurich 95
Afang Zhang and A. Dieter Schl€uter

5 Shape persistent polyphenylene-based dendrimers 121
Martin Baumgarten, Tianshi Qin, and Klaus M€ullen

6 Dendrimer chemistry with fullerenes 161
Jean-Franc¸ois Nierengarten

7 Redox and fluorescent open core dendrimers 195
Angel E. Kaifer

8 Redox-active organometallic dendrimers as electrochemical sensors 219
Carmen M. Casado, Beatriz Alonso, Jose Losada, and Marı´a Pilar Garcı´a-Armada

9 Shape-persistent conjugated dendrimers for organic electronics 263
Jing Yan, Fan Gao, Jian Pei, and Yuguo Ma

10 Fine-controlled metal assembly in dendrimers 303
Takane Imaoka and Kimihisa Yamamoto

11 Enlightening structure and properties of dendrimers by fluorescence depolarization 341
Giacomo Bergamini, Enrico Marchi, Paola Ceroni, and Vincenzo Balzani

12 Single-molecule spectroscopy of dendrimer systems 367
Tom Vosch

13 Degradable dendrimers 403
Marc Gingras

14 Porphyrin dendrimers as biological oxygen sensors 463
Sergei A. Vinogradov and David F. Wilson

15 Peptide dendrimers as artificial proteins 505
Tamis Darbre and Jean-Louis Reymond

16 Phosphorus-containing dendritic architectures: synthesis and applications 529
Anne-Marie Caminade and Jean-Pierre Majoral

Index 563

About the Author

Sebastiano Campagna is Professor of Physical Chemistry at theUniversity of Messina and is Chairman of the Gruppo Italiano diFotochimica (GIF), the Italian branch of the EuropeanPhotochemistry Association. His current research deals withsupramolecular photochemistry and artificial photosynthesis. Paola Ceroni, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Universityof Bologna. Her current research is focused on the photochemistryand electrochemistry of molecular and supramolecular systems, withan emphasis on photoactive dendrimers. Fausto Puntoriero, PhD, is a researcher at the University ofMessina, where his research deals with the development offunctional and photo- and redox-active multicomponent systems.