PAMAM Chemistry

 and Characteristics

  • Balogh L.P. "Dendrimer 101", Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 620, pp. 136-155, 2007 

  • X. Shi, W. Lesniak, et.al., Comprehensive Characterization of surface-functionalized poly(amidoamine) dendrimers with acetamide, hydroxyl, and carboxyl groups,  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 272 (2006), 139-150

  • D.A. Tomalia and P.R. Dvornic, "Dendritic Polymers, Divergent Synthesis (Starburst Polyamidoamine Dendrimers)", Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Vol. 3 (D-E), J.C. Salamone (Ed.), CRC Press, New York (1996), 1814-1830. 

  • D.A. Tomalia, A.M. Naylor, and W.A. Goddard III, "Starburst Dendrimers: Molecular-Level Control of Size, Shape, Surface Chemistry, Topology, and Flexibility from Atoms to Macroscopic Matter", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 29 (1990), 138-175.


Selected References

 



  • A. Desai; X.Shi, et.al., CE of poly(amidoamine) succinamic acid dendrimers using a poly(vinyl alcohol)-coated capillary, Electrophoresis 2008, 29, 510-515

  • X. Shi, A. Patri, et.al., Analysis of poly(amidoamine)-succinamic acid dendrimers by slab-gel electrophoresis and capillary zone electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 2005, 26, 2960-2967

  • R.M. Crooks, et al., "Dendrimer-Encapsulated Metals and Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications", Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 212, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2001, pp.81-135.

  • A. Nourse, D.B. Millar, and A.P. Minton, "Physiochemical Characterization of Generation 5 Polyamidoamine Dendrimers", Biopolymers, Vol. 53 (2000), 316-328.

  • P.R. Dvornic, A.M. de Leuze-Jallouli, M.J. Owen, and S.V. Perz, "Radially Layered Poly (amidoamine - organosilicon) Copolymeric Dendrimers and Their Networks Containing Controlled Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Nanoscopic Domains", ACS Symposium Series 729 Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials, S.J. Clarson, J.J. Fitzgerald, M.J. Owen, and S. D. Clark (Ed.), 2000.

  • A.U. Bielinska, C. Chen, J. Johnson, and J.R. Baker, Jr., "DNA Complexing with Polyamidoamine Dendrimers: Implications for Transfection", Bioconjugate Chem. 1999, 10, 843-850.

  • M.X. Tang, C.T. Redemann, and F.C. Szoka, Jr. "In Vitro Gene Delivery by Degraded Polyamidoamine Dendrimers", Bioconjugate Chem. 1999, 7, 703-714.

  • L. Balogh, et al., "Formation of silver and gold dendrimer nanocomposites", Journal of Nanoparticle Research 1: 353-368, 1999.

  • M. Zhao, L. Sun, and R.M. Crooks, "Preparation of Cu Nanoclusters within Dendrimer Templates", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4877-4878.

  • P. Singh, "Terminal Groups in Starburst Dendrimers: Activation and Reactions with Proteins", Bioconjugate Chem. 1998, 9, 54-63.

  • O.A. Matthews, A.N. Shipway, and J.F. Stoddard, "Dendrimers - Branching Out From Curiosities into New Technologies", Prog. Polym. Sci., Vol. 23, 1998, 1-56.

  • C.L. Jackson, et al., "Visualization of Dendrimer Molecules by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): Staining Methods and Cryo-TEM of Vitrified Solutions", Macromolecules 1998, 31, 6259-6265.

  • E.C. Wiener, et al., "Dendrimer-Based Metal Chelates: A New Class of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents", MRM 31 (1994), 1-8.