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Figure 11.2 A comparison of the Hartley micellar model with the structure of an amphiphilic
dendrimer.
behavior was likely a consequence of the small size of the dendrimer, which pre-
cluded the formation of a truly spherical structure capable of intramolecularly segre-
gating polar and apolar regions. In 1991 Newkome's group observed that an all-
hydrocarbon dendrimer containing 36 tetramethylammonium carboxylate termini
Figure 11.3 Chemical structures of the (a) arborol dendrimer and (b) water-soluble, all-
hydrocarbon dendrimer.
