Professor Jean M.J. Fréchet, American chemist, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.Donald A. Tomalia is the editor of Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Polymers, published by Wiley.

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• Contibutors. Series Preface. A Brief Historical Perspective (D.A. Tomalia naad J.M.J. Frecht) B>I Introduction and Progress in the Control of Macromolecular Architecture Introduction to the Dendritic State (D.A. Tomalia and J.M. Frechet) Structure Control of Linear Macromolecules (C.J. Hawker) Progress in the Branched Architectural State (J. Roovers) Developments in the Accelerated Convergent Synthesis of Dendrimers (A.W. Freeman and J.M.J. Frechet) Formation, Structure and Properties of the Crosslinked State Relative to Precursor Architecture (K. Dusek and M. Duskova-Smrckova) Regioselectively-Crosslinked Nanostructures (C.G. Clark Jr and K. L. Wooley) Hybridization of Architectural States: Dendritic-linear Copolymer Hybrids (P.R.L. Malenfant and J.M.J. Frechet) Statistically Branched Dendritic Polymers (E. Malmstrom and A. Hult) Semi-Controlled Dendritic Structure Synthesis (R.A. Kee et al) II Characterization of Dendritic Polymers Gel Electrophoretic Characterization of Dendritic Polymers (C. Zhang and D.A. Tomalia) Characterization of Dendritically Branched Polymers by Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) (B.J. Bauer and E.J. Amis) Atomic Force Microscopy for the Characterization of Dendritic Polymers and Assemblies (J. Li and D.A. Tomalia) Characterization of Dendrimer Structures by Spectroscopic Techniques (N.J. Turro et al) Rheology and Solution Properties of Dendrimers (P. Dvornic and S. Uppuluri) III Properties and Applications of Dendritic Polymers Dendritic and Hyperbranched Glycoconjugates as Biomedical Anti-Adhesion Agents (R. Roy) Some Unique Features of Dendrimers based upon Self-assembly and Host-Guest Properties (J. Weener et al) Dendritic Polymers: Optical and Photchemical Properties (D.L. Jiang and T Aida) Bioapplications of PAMAM Dendrimers (J.D. Eichman et al) Dendrimer-Based Biological Reagents: Preparation And Applications in Diagnostics (P. Singh) Dendritic Polymer Applications: Catalysts (A.W. Kleij et al ) Optical Effects Manifested by PAMAM Dendrimer Metal Nano-Composites (T. Goodson III) Dendrimers in Nanobiological Devices (S.C. Lee) Antibodies to PAMAM dendrimers: Reagents for immune detection, patterning and assembly of Dendrimers (S.C. Lee et al) IV Laboratory Preparation of Dendrimers and Conclusion Preparation of 'Frechet-type' Polyether Dendrons and Aliphatic Polyester Dendrimers by Convergent Growth: an experimental primer (J.M.J. Frechet et al) Laboratory Synthesis of Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) Dendrimers (R. Esfand and D.A. Tomalia) Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(Propylene imine) Dendrimers (M.H.P. van Genderen et al) Laboratory Synthesis and Characterization of Megamers: Core-shell Tecto(dendrimers) (D.A. Tomalia) Conclusion/Outlook -Toward Higher Macromolecular Complexity in the Twenty-first Century (D.A. Tomalia and J.M.J. Frechet) Index