Table 1.
Historical comparison of Denkewalter, Tomalia and Newkome first divergent, iterative syntheses of dendritic structure.
| Tomalia Type | Newkome Type | Denkewalter Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dendritic Topologies | Symmetrical, equal branch cell segments | Symmetrical, equal branch cell segments | Asymmetrical, unequal branch cell segments |
| 1st Patents | U.S. #4,507,466 (1985) | U.S. #4,289,872 (1981) | |
| 1st Public Oral Reports | Pauling-Flory Polym. Gordon Conf. (1983) [21] | ||
| 1st Publications | 1st SPSJ Int. Conf., Kyoto, Japan, Abstract (1984) Polym. J. (Tokyo), (1985) (Full Paper) [11]; Macromolecules (1986) [22] |
J. Org. Chem., (1985) (Communication) [24] | |
| Compositional Types | poly(amidoamines, amides imines, phosphorhydrazones, aryloxys, alkylethers, ureas, esters, siloxanes, arylenes, etheramides, triazines, silanes, carbosilanes, triazoles, thioethers, iminoethers, aryloxyethers, thioether esters, silyloxhydroxyl ethers, alkynes, urethanes, etc.) |
poly(amidoethers) | poly(L-lysines) |
| Total Citations (10/23/19) (Publications & Patents) |
45,485 citations (Google Scholar) |
35,519 citations (Google Scholar) |
282 citations [31] |