Dendrimer science is a relatively new branch of nanotechnology focused on non‐linear
macromolecules called dendrimers. These hyperbranched polymers are characterized by …

Dendrimers are synthetic polymers that grow in three dimensions into well-defined
structures. Their morphological appearance resembles a number of trees connected by a …

Background The dendrimer chemistry was first introduced by Vögtle et al. in 1978 with the
development of 'cascade molecular'. The term of 'dendrimer'was not seen until 1985. It is a …

Highlights•Dendrimers are efficient nanocarriers having biomedical and diagnostic
application potentials.•Dendrimers can be efficiently encapsulated with drugs by host–guest …

Rationale and objectives: Dendrimer-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast
agents offer many advantages including high levels of amplification. The objective of this …

Dendrimers are versatile, derivatisable, well-defined, compartmentalised chemical polymers
with sizes and physicochemical properties resembling those of biomolecules eg proteins …

Dendrimers are highly branched macromolecules of low polydispersity that provide many
exciting opportunities for design of novel drug-carriers, gene delivery systems and imaging …

Dendrimers represent a class of novel polymers having unique molecular architectures
characterized by their well-defined structure, with a high degree of molecular uniformity, low …

Dendrimers are globular structures, presenting an initiator core, repetitive layers starting
radially from the core and terminal groups on the surface, resembling tree architecture …

Biomedicine represents one of the main study areas for dendrimers, which have proven to
be valuable both in diagnostics and therapy, due to their capacity for improving solubility …