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Synfacts 2010(9): 1017-1017  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257925
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Dendrimersomes and Other Complex Architectures

Contributor(s): Timoty M. Swager, Carlos Cordovilla
V. Percec et al.*
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Temple University, Philadelphia, USA; University of Jyväskylä and Altao University, Espoo, Finland
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23 August 2010 (online)

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Self-assembling properties of an extensive library of amphiphilic Janus dendrimers has been studied. The formation of dendrimersomes, cubosomes, disks, tubular vesicles or ­helical ribbons in water has been demonstrated by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy.