Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Advances in nanotechnology have had profound impacts on therapeutic delivery, leading to
the development of nanomaterials engineered with large carrying capabilities and targeting …

Owing to the outstanding near-infrared (NIR) optical properties, phthalocyanines (Pc) have
promising potential as theranostic agents for fluorescence image-guided drug delivery and …

1. INTRODUCTION The host− guest chemistry was first developed with the discovery of
crown ethers by Pederson in the 1960s. 1, 2 It was found that the cyclic crown ethers are …

Multifunctional theranostic platforms capable of concurrent near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence
imaging and phototherapies are strongly desired for cancer diagnosis and treatment …

To achieve the promise of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems for the treatment of
cancer, they should (1) avoid premature clearance;(2) accumulate in tumors and undergo …

Dendritic nanovectors-based drug delivery has gained significant attention in the past
couple of decades. Dendrimers play a crucial role in deciding the solubility of sparingly …

Background Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) and polypropylenimine (PPI) dendrimers are the
commercially available and most widely used dendrimers in pharmaceutical sciences and …

Dendrimers are among the most popular multifaceted systems. Conventional dendrimers
cannot be used in many specific applications such as simultaneous loading of different …

Importance of the field: Dendrimers are synthetic macromolecules with well-defined
structures, many terminal functional groups, and an inner space to hold small molecules …