From the Back Cover
Written by internationally acclaimed authors, this textbook contains everything you need to know about this versatile class of compounds. Starting with a historical overview, definitions, nomenclature and other fundamentals, it goes on to look at characterization, and properties of dendrimers. While the focus is on synthesis and applications, the book also contains chapters on analytics and special applications in such fields as physics, medicine and technology.
Essential reading for organic, inorganic, Supramolecular and polymer chemists, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for students and lecturers in chemistry and industrial chemists.
From the contents:
*Historical overview
*Definition and classification of dendritic molecules
*Synthesis of dendritic molecules
*Functional dendrimers
*Special chemical reactions: host-guest interactions, molecular imprinting, metathesis, etc.
*Photophysical and other properties
*Characterization and analysis
*Applications: in catalysis, (opto)electronics, sensor technology, medical diagnostics and therapy (carrier system), nanotechnology etc.
About the Author
Born in Ehingen, Germany, in 1939, Fritz Vögtle studied chemistry in Freiburg as well as chemistry and medicine in Heidelberg, where he received his PhD under Professor Hein A. Staab in 1965 on the valence isomerization of double Schiff bases. After gaining his lecturing qualification he was a professor in Würzburg from 1969 to 1975, before accepting a position as full professor and director of the Kekulé-Institut for Organische Chemie und Biochemie in Bonn. He was awarded a literature prize by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, the LIse Meitner-Alexander von Humboldt Award, the Izatt-Bradshaw-Christensen Award for Macrocyclic Chemistry and the Adolf von Baeyer medal of the German Chemical Society, as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He has authored or co-authored several books and numerous scientific papers. Professor Vögtle's research interests include supramolecular and nano chemistry, dendrimers, cyclophanes, low molecular weight gelators and intertwined molecular architectures.
Gabriele Richardt studied chemistry at Bonn, where she was awarded her PhD under Professor H. Wamhoff in the field of nucleosides. In 2002 she began working in Professor Vögtle's group, before transferring to the polymer group headed by Professor S. Höger in 2007.
Nicole Werner studied chemistry and biology at Bonn, receiving her PhD in 2004 under Professor F. Vögtle for her work in the dendrimer field. She has been teaching chemistry and physics at German grammar schools since 2006.
