2. DENDRIMERS
โขGreek words
โขDendron means Tree
โขMeros means Part
โขDiscovered by Donald Tomalia and co-workers in
1980
โขAlso called Arboroles or Cascades molecules
โขNanosized, highly branched, 3D molecules
3. STRUCTURE OF DENDRIMER
โขAn interior core
โขInterior layers composed of repeating units
radically attached to core
โขExterior layers attached to interior generations
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5. PROPERTIES OF DENDRIMERS
โข Monodispersity
โข Monoscale size and shape
โข High aquous solubility
โข Viscosity
โข High solubility in non-polar solutions
โข Non crystalline and low glass temperature
โข Low compressibility
7. DIVERGENT METHOD
โขDendrite grows from core to periphery
โขThe core molecule reacts with monomer
molecule having two dormant and one reactive
group
8. CONVERGENT METHOD
โขDendrite grows starting from end groups and
progresses inward
โขSmall molecules come together and reaction
proceeds inward
โขEventually the molecules becomes attached to
the core
โขEasier impurity removal