1.1 Background Dendrimers and dendrons are architectural motifs synthesized by either
divergent or convergent iterative methods, and therefore, they provide monodisperse …

Myriad biological communication events achieve the requisite level of specificity by
exploiting the rich structural and functional diversity of glycoconjugates. Although a wide …

Dendrimers are versatile, derivatisable, well-defined, compartmentalised chemical polymers
with sizes and physicochemical properties resembling those of biomolecules eg proteins …

The modular synthesis of 7 libraries containing 51 self-assembling amphiphilic Janus
dendrimers with the monosaccharides d-mannose and d-galactose and the disaccharide d …

Human lectins are involved in a wide variety of biological processes, both physiological and
pathological, which have attracted the interest of the scientific community working in the …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

A high‐density coding system is essential to allow cells to communicate efficiently and
swiftly through complex surface interactions. All the structural requirements for forming a …

Peptide dendrimers are radial or wedge-like branched macromolecules consisting of a
peptidyl branching core and/or covalently attached surface functional units. The multimeric …

Background The most demanding challenge in research on molecular aspects within the
flow of biological information is posed by the complex carbohydrates (glycan part of cellular …

From the authors' opinion, this chapter constitutes a modest extension of the seminal and
inspiring contribution of Stowell and Lee on neoglycoconjugates published in this series [CP …