Guido Noé Rimondino, Gabriela Oksdath-Mansilla, Verónica Brunetti and Miriam Cristina Strumia* Pages 3142 - 3153 ( 12 )
Background: Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers are emerging polymer architectures that attract increasing attention due to their unique topological structure and interesting physicochemical properties. Their enormous potential makes them particularly attractive to form new and fascinating nanometric drug delivery systems, solving several typical shortcomings encountered in nanomedicine.
Objective: In this context, the recent developments of dendritic and hyperbranched based systems, together with their application as nanocarriers, have been comprehensively reviewed. Conclusion: This review highlights how the structural complexity can be taken as an evolution parameter of these nanosystems, starting with hyperbranched polymers and evolving to more complex structures such as hybrid dendritic- inorganic nanoparticles and dendronized nano-objects hierarchically designed. Finally, future directions and perspectives in this promising field are briefly discussed.Nanocarriers, dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, hybrid nanoparticles, hyperbranched nano-objects, drug delivery.
Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos y Química Aplicada (IPQA), CONICET. Departamento de Química Orgánica. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico Química de Córdoba (INFIQC), CONICET. Departamento de Físico-Química. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico Química de Córdoba (INFIQC), CONICET. Departamento de Físico-Química. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba, Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos y Química Aplicada (IPQA), CONICET. Departamento de Química Orgánica. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, X5000HUA, Córdoba