Dendrimers and Its Biomedical Applications

Dendrimers are highly branched polymers with tunable surface topology. This polymer has spherical core-shell nanoarchitecture with a high density of surface functional groups. It is available in a number of different generations and size making it a diverse nanocarrier for biomedical applications. Drugs can be loaded in multiple ways including complexation and/or conjugation to surface functional groups and/or encapsulation inside the core of the dendrimers. Dendrimers have been explored as drug delivery vehicles by various routes of drug administration and for other biomedical applications. The chapter provides an overview of physicochemical properties of dendrimers and its various biomedical applications.