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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Wiley J. Youngs, Akron, OH (US);
Claire A. Tessier, Akron, OH (US);
Peter L. Rinaldi, Lodi, OH (US);
Yanhui Niu, Akron, OH (US);
The University of Akron, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a supramolecular structure produced by the process comprising reacting a multi-generation dendrimer with a monomer, where the dendrimer comprises a core molecule, a plurality of interior generations spherically disposed around the core molecule and an outermost generation comprising a plurality of dendritic branches having terminal groups sufficiently reactive to undergo addition or substitution reactions, where the monomer introduces a labile bond and at least one cross-linkable moiety to the terminal groups of each dendritic branch, and where the cross-linkable moiety is bonded to the terminal group via the labile bond; crosslinking the cross-linkable moieties of adjacent dendritic branches; and cleaving the labile bonds, thereby freeing the dendrimer and forming a molecule encapsulated within a cross-linked shell molecule. The present invention further provides a process for the production of the supramolecular structures.