3.2 A Fourth Major New Architectural Polymer Class
Dendritic topology has now been recognized as a fourth major class of macromolecular architecture [49–51]. The signature for such a distinction is the unique repertoire
of new properties manifested by this class of polymers [9, 26, 52–56]. Numerous
synthetic strategies have been reported for the preparation of these materials, and
Fig. 8 Abstract of the first full article describing the synthesis of a complete family of
dendrimers [55]
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Dendritic topology has now been recognized as a fourth major class of macromolecular architecture [49–51]. The signature for such a distinction is the unique repertoire
of new properties manifested by this class of polymers [9, 26, 52–56]. Numerous
synthetic strategies have been reported for the preparation of these materials, and
Fig. 8 Abstract of the first full article describing the synthesis of a complete family of
dendrimers [55]
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