Dendrimers : : a themed issue in honor of Professor Donald A. Tomalia on the occasion of his 80th birthday / / edited by Ashok Kakkar.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kakkar, Ashok,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 pages)

Dendrimers have firmly established their space in the macromolecular field since their first discovery in 1978. These monodispersed and hyperbranched macromolecules present unique properties with demonstrated potential in varied scientific disciplines. Dr. Donald A Tomalia is one of the pioneers in this area whose name is synonym for polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers, one of the most extensively investigated macromolecular architectures. In this monograph, his colleagues and friends celebrate Don's achievements and contributions to the field, on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 2018, which also coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first report on dendrimers. It provides the reader with excellent reviews on different aspects of dendritic architectures, followed by research articles that explore the state-of-the-art in synthesis, properties and varied applications, including in biology. Collectively, it provides scientists just beginning their careers, as well as firmly established ones, with the pulse of the field and inspiration to continue to explore these intriguing macromolecules.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor -- Preface to "Dendrimers" -- Donald A. Tomalia / A Serendipitous Journey Leading to My Love of Dendritic Patterns and Chemistry, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 824, doi:10.3390/molecules23040824 -- Anne-Marie Caminade and Jean-Pierre Majoral / Which Dendrimer to Attain the Desired Properties? Focus on Phosphorhydrazone Dendrimers, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 622, doi:10.3390/molecules23030622 -- In-Yup Jeon, Hyuk-Jun Noh and Jong-Beom Baek / Hyperbranched Macromolecules: From Synthesis to Applications, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 657, doi:10.3390/molecules23030657 -- Didier Astruc, Christophe Deraedt, Rodrigue Djeda, Catia Ornelas, Xiang Liu, Amalia Rapakousiou, Jaime Ruiz, Yanlan Wang and Qi Wang / Dentromers, a Family of Super Dendrimers with Specific Properties and Applications, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 966, doi:10.3390/molecules23040966 -- Burcu Sumer Bolu, Rana Sanyal and Amitav Sanyal / Drug Delivery Systems from Self-Assembly of Dendron-Polymer Conjugates, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 1570, doi:10.3390/molecules23071570 -- Elizabeth Ladd, Amir Sheikhi, Na Li, Theo G.M. van de Ven and Ashok Kakkar / Design and Synthesis of Dendrimers with Facile Surface Group Functionalization, and an Evaluation of Their Bactericidal Efficacy, Reprinted from: Molecules 2017, 22, 868, doi:10.3390/molecules22060868 -- Takane Imaoka, Noriko Bukeo and Kimihisa Yamamoto / Epitaxially Grown Ultra-Flat Self-Assembling Monolayers with Dendrimers, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 485, doi:10.3390/molecules23020485 -- Matteo Savastano, Carla Bazzicalupi, Claudia Giorgi, Paola Gratteri and Antonio Bianchi / Cation, Anion and Ion-Pair Complexes with a G-3 Poly(ethylene imine) Dendrimer in Aqueous Solution, Reprinted from: Molecules 2017, 22, 816, doi:10.3390/molecules22050816 -- Marisol Gouveia, Jo˜ao Figueira, Manuel G. Jardim, Rita Castro, Helena Tomás, Kari Rissanen and Jo˜ao Rodrigues / Poly(alkylidenimine) Dendrimers Functionalized with the Organometallic Moiety [Ru(?5-C5H5)(PPh3)2]+ as Promising Drugs Against Cisplatin-Resistant Cancer Cells and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 1471, doi:10.3390/molecules23061471 -- Yossef Alnasser, Siva P. Kambhampati, Elizabeth Nance, Labchan Rajbhandari, Shiva Shrestha, Arun Venkatesan, Rangaramanujam M. Kannan and Sujatha Kannan / Preferential and Increased Uptake of Hydroxyl-Terminated PAMAM Dendrimers by Activated Microglia in Rabbit Brain Mixed Glial Culture, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 1025, doi:10.3390/molecules23051025 -- Noemi Molina, Angela Martin-Serrano, Tahia D. Fernandez, Amene Tesfaye, Francisco Najera, Mar´ia J. Torres, Cristobalina Mayorga, Yolanda Vida, Maria I. Montanez ˜and Ezequiel Perez-Inestrosa / Dendrimeric Antigens for Drug Allergy Diagnosis: A New Approach for Basophil Activation Tests, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 997, doi:10.3390/molecules23050997 -- Lisa Christadore, Mark W. Grinstaff and Scott E. Schaus / Fluorescent Dendritic Micro-Hydrogels: Synthesis, Analysis and Use in Single-Cell Detection, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 936, doi:10.3390/molecules23040936 -- Feng Gao, Ivan Djordjevic, Oleksandr Pokholenko, Haobo Zhang, Junying Zhang and Terry W.J. Steele / On-Demand Bioadhesive Dendrimers with Reduced Cytotoxicity , Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 796, doi:10.3390/molecules23040796 -- Abhay Singh Chauhan / Dendrimers for Drug Delivery, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 938, doi:10.3390/molecules23040938 -- Mohiuddin Quadir, Susanne Fehse, Gerhard Multhaup and Rainer Haag / Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Derivatives as Prospective Copper Nanotransporter Candidates, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 1281, doi:10.3390/molecules23061281 -- Celia Sehad, Tze Chieh Shiao, Lamyaa M. Sallam, Abdelkrim Azzouz and Ren´e Roy / Effect of Dendrimer Generation and Aglyconic Linkers on the Binding Properties of Mannosylated Dendrimers Prepared by a Combined Convergent and Onion Peel Approach, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 1890, doi:10.3390/molecules23081890 -- Patrik Stenstr ¨om, Dario Manzanares, Yuning Zhang, Valentin Ce ˜na and Michael Malkoch / Evaluation of Amino-Functional Polyester Dendrimers Based on Bis-MPA as Nonviral Vectors for siRNA Delivery, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 2028, doi:10.3390/molecules23082028 -- Renan Vinicius de Araujo, Soraya da Silva Santos, Elizabeth Igne Ferreira and Jeanine Giarolla / New Advances in General Biomedical Applications of PAMAM Dendrimers, Reprinted from: Molecules 2018, 23, 2849, doi:10.3390/molecules23112849.