Synthesis of Dendrimer-Metal Nanocomposites and Physicochemical Properties

Abstract

Hyperbranched polymers or dendrimers have been of considerable interest since the mid 1980s. Nanocomposites consisting of dendrimers and various metal nanoparticles have been synthesized for use in the preparation of highly functional materials such as substrate-selective catalysts and chemical sensors. The synthesis and applications of dendrimer-metal nanocomposites mainly for poly (amidoamine) dendrimers are discussed in this paper.