1. For reviews on applications of dendritic materials containing transition-metal complexes, see: (a)Dendrimers I; Topics in Current Chemistry 197; Vögtle, F., Ed.; Springer: Berlin, 1998; pp 1−228. (b)Dendrimers II: Architecture, Nanostructure and Supramolecular Chemistry; Vögtle, F., Ed.; Topics in Current Chemistry 210; Springer: Berlin, 2000; pp 1−308. (c)Dendrimers III: Design, Dimension, Function; Vögtle, F., Ed.; Topics in Current Chemistry 212; Springer: Berlin, 2001; pp 1−194. (d)Dendrimers IV: Metal Coordination, Self-Assembly, Catalysis; Vögtle, F., Ed.; Topics in Current Chemistry 217; Springer: Berlin, 2001; pp 1−238. (e)Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules; Newkome, G. R., Ed.; Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, 2002.
2. Organoruthenium Dendrimers