Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 461-481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200375040461
Organometallic chemistry at the nanoscale. Dendrimers for redox processes and catalysis
Abstract:
An overview of the metal-mediated synthesis and use of nanosized metallodendrimers is given with emphasis on electron-transfer processes (molecular batteries consisting in dendrimers decorated with a large number of equivalent redox-active centers) and catalytic reactions (electron-transfer-chain catalytic synthesis of dendrimers decorated with ruthenium carbonyl clusters, redox catalysis of nitrate and nitrite electroreduction in water by star-shape hexanuclear catalysts).