Polymers | |
Multiscale Modeling for Host-Guest Chemistry of Dendrimers in Solution | |
Seung Ha Kim1  | |
[1] Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA | |
关键词: multiscale modeling; dendrimer simulations; host-guest chemistry; | |
DOI : 10.3390/polym4010463 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Dendrimers have been widely used as nanostructured carriers for guest species in a variety of applications in medicine, catalysis, and environmental remediation. Theory and simulation methods are an important complement to experimental approaches that are designed to develop a fundamental understanding about how dendrimers interact with guest molecules. This review focuses on computational studies aimed at providing a better understanding of the relevant physicochemical parameters at play in the binding and release mechanisms between polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers and guest species. We highlight recent contributions that model supramolecular dendrimer-guest complexes over the temporal and spatial scales spanned by simulation methods ranging from all-atom molecular dynamics to statistical field theory. The role of solvent effects on dendrimer-guest interactions and the importance of relating model parameters across multiple scales is discussed.
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CC BY
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