Integrated POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials: current status and future perspective

Zhan, Li; Hu, Junfei; Yang, Lei; Zhang, Xueqian; Liu, Xianhu; Wang, Zhao; Li, Yiwen

doi:10.1039/d0nr02394a

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“…Various synthesis routes have been applied to prepare dendrons and dendrimers, which have been covered in detail in previous reviews (Z. Li, Hu, et al, 2020; Lyu, Ding, Huang, Kao, & Peng, 2019). Their synthesis methods can be classified into two main routes, namely, divergent and convergent (Figure 2).…”

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Recent advances in development of dendritic polymer‐based nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis

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Zhu

et al. 2020

WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol

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Dendritic polymers have highly branched three‐dimensional architectures, the fourth type apart from linear, cross‐linked, and branched one. They possess not only a large number of terminal functional units and interior cavities, but also a low viscosity with weak or no entanglement. These features endow them with great potential in various biomedicine applications, including drug delivery, gene therapy, tissue engineering, immunoassay and bioimaging. Most review articles related to bio‐related applications of dendritic polymers focus on their drug or gene delivery, while very few of them are devoted to their function as cancer diagnosis agents, which are essential for cancer treatment. In this review, we will provide comprehensive insights into various dendritic polymer‐based cancer diagnosis agents. Their classification and preparation are presented for readers to have a precise understanding of dendritic polymers. On account of physical/chemical properties of dendritic polymers and biological properties of cancer, we will suggest a few design strategies for constructing dendritic polymer‐based diagnosis agents, such as active or passive targeting strategies, imaging reporters‐incorporating strategies, and/or internal stimuli‐responsive degradable/enhanced imaging strategies. Their recent applications in in vitro diagnosis of cancer cells or exosomes and in vivo diagnosis of primary and metastasis tumor sites with the aid of single/multiple imaging modalities will be discussed in great detail. This article is categorized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Oncologic Disease Diagnostic Tools > in vivo Nanodiagnostics and Imaging Diagnostic Tools > in vitro Nanoparticle‐Based Sensing

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Section: Classification and Preparation Of Dendritic Polymersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent advances in development of dendritic polymer‐based nanomedicines for cancer diagnosis

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Zhu

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“…The reaction active sites of POSS molecules were considered as 8, indicating that the core multiplicity was much larger than usual smaller molecular inner cores (2—4) in dendritic structures. [ 92 ] Hence, POSS dendrimers were designed to form high generation of POSS dendrimers with more surface functionalities as their proportionality for core multiplicity. Moreover, eight peripheral organic groups could be further functionalized as a wide variety of groups such as amino, vinyl and hydroxyl, which provide benefits on construction of different kinds of POSS‐based hybrid materials.…”

Section: Molecular Design Of Poss‐based Hybrid Materialsmentioning

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“…[ 91 ] In general, dendritic materials consisted of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers with three main parts: inner core moiety, repeating unit and surface terminal functional groups. [ 92 ] The unique properties of dendritic materials, including defined unimolecular architecture, high branching degrees, exact molecular weight and multi‐functional external groups, provided benefits on construction of hybrid materials as building blocks. However, the desired high‐density functional groups of high generation of dendrimers required a series of complicated synthetic steps and separation procedure, resulting in low yields and…”

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“…The increased content of inorganic silicon compound could improve the thermal stability and mechanical strength of hybrid materials. [ 92 ] Compared with POSS‐core dendrimers, employing POSS as repeating unit could significantly improve POSS content since POSS itself possesses high branching multiplicity of 7. Wang et al .…”

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“…Owing to the eight amino substituents at corner of Si‐O skeleton, multifunctional POSS could achieve versatile chemical modifications, including Michael addition reaction and condensation. [ 92 ] As regards these POSS‐based dendrimers, several works had been reported for synthetic routes and related applications. For instance, Huang et al .…”

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Integrated POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials: current status and future perspective

Abstract: This review summarizes POSS-dendrimer nanohybrid materials, focusing on their synthesis strategies, adjustable macroscopic properties, and potential applications. Moreover, their current trends, challenges and future directions are also elaborated.

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