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The synthesis of dendrimers possessing gold atoms on the surface or inside the internal layers is reported. They have been shown to be precursors to mixed gold-transition metal cluster-containing dendrimers, which represent a new class of hybrid materials. The latter species are rather soluble in common solvents and can be characterized by spectroscopic methods. Moreover, gold-containing dendrimers are useful for making gold nanoparticles, which have very interesting electronic, optical, and catalytic properties.
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Oriol Rossell joined the Departament de Química Inorgànica of the University of Barcelona in 1972, where since 1992 he has been full professor of Inorganic Chemistry. Miquel Seco received his Ph.D from the University of Barcelona in 1981, where he is now professor titular. Their main research is in transition metal cluster chemistry.
Jean-Pierre Majoral has been Director of Research at the CNRS in Toulouse since 1978. His main research interests lie in dendrimer chemistry and applications and on the use of Group 4 elements in organic, organometallic and heteroatom chemistries. Anne-Marie Caminade has been Director of Research at the CNRS in Toulouse since 1997. Her main research interests focus on dendrimer chemistry and applications, and also on phosphorus chemistry.
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Rossell, O., Seco, M., Caminade, AM. et al. Gold-Containing dendrimers: A new class of macromolecules. Gold Bull 34, 88–94 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214819
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