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Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 233 - 237, DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00056a

Dendritic structures within dendritic structures: dendrimer-induced formation and self-assembly of nanoparticle networks

Grégory Franc, Elena Badetti, Vincent Collière, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Rosa María Sebastián and Anne-Marie Caminade

15-Membered tri-olefinic azamacrocycles as end-groups of phosphorus-containing dendrimers from generation 1 to 4 are used for obtaining Pt nanoparticles in mild conditions; remarkable and unprecedented branched supramolecular assemblies composed of dendrimers and coalesced Pt nanoparticles are obtained, which become larger for higher dendrimer generations, affording for the first time a very unique organization of organic dendritic structures interweaved with inorganic dendritic structures.

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