Definition of Dendrimer

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any polymer or oligomer having branches of atoms strung off of a central spine ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics) A graph formed of branches from a central core ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dendrimer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dendrimer

denazification
denazifications
denazified
denazifies
denazify
denazifying
dendr-
dendrachate
dendrachates
dendraxon
dendric
dendriform
dendriform keratitis
dendrigraft
dendrigrafts
dendrimer (current term)
dendrimeric
dendrimers
dendrimersome
dendrite
dendrites
dendritic
dendritic calculus
dendritic cell
dendritic cells
dendritic corneal ulcer
dendritic depolarisation
dendritic keratitis
dendritic process

Literary usage of Dendrimer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Joint Meeting on Multicomponent Polymers and Polyelectrolytes edited by Eric J. Amis (1998)
"An eight generation polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer was dissolved in the matching mixture and deuterated acetic acid was added to give contrast in SANS. ..."

2. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"A polyamidoamine dendrimer-capped mesoporous silica nanosphere-based gene transfection reagent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126:13216-13217. 5. ..."

3. Biomedical Technology Resources: A Research Resources Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"Wiener, EC, Brechbiel, M. W, Brothers, H., Magin, R . L, Gansow, OA, Tomalia, DA, and Lauterbur, R C., dendrimer-based metal chelates: a new class of MR! ..."

4. Biotechnology for Clean Industrial Products and Processes: Towards by OECD Staff, OECD., Oecd, OECD Working Party on Biotechnology (1998)
"... Combinatorial chemistry Data mining Dendron dendrimer Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Dissipative pollution Ecology Ecosystem Enantioselectivity Energy flow ..."

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