Abstract

DENDRIMER:- A REVIEW

Kumar Vivek*, Naveen Thakur, Choudhary Abhilash, Bharti Nitan, Bhandari Neeraj

ABSTRACT

This article aims majorly on five areas namely: Basic concept, Types, Synthesis & Applications of the dendrimer. Dendrimers are a new class of polymeric materials. They are highly branched, monodisperse macromolecules. The structure of these materials has a great impact on their physical and chemical properties. As a result of their unique behaviour dendrimers are suitable for a wide range of biomedical and industrial applications. The unique architectural design of dendrimers, high degree of branching, multivalency, globular architecture and well-defined molecular weight, clearly distinguishes these structures as unique and optimum nanocarriers in medical applications such as drug delivery, gene transfection, tumor therapy, diagnostics, etc. The reflections on biomedical and industrial applications of dendrimers given in this report clearly demonstrate the potential of this new fourth major class of polymer architecture and indeed substantiate the high hopes for the future of dendrimers.

Keywords: Dendrimers, multivalency, nanocarriers.