ABSTRACT
Dendrimers provide new-generation materials and catalysts with a definite future insight. Divergent and convergent approaches to growing dendrimers, functionalisation of dendrimers at the outer periphery or inner core and inclusion of various nanoparticles and their catalysis are the major focus of this chapter. The catalytic activities of dendrimers derivatised at the outer periphery, nanoparticle-functionalised dendrimers, polypeptide-modified dendrimers trapping nanoparticles and covalently and noncovalently immobilised dendrimers are discussed. The roles of micelles in supramolecular catalysis are immense, as any micelle-catalyzed reactions are highly stereoselective and occur in water as a medium. The contribution of ionic liquid and ionogel in catalysis, as a newly grown topic in supramolecular catalysis, has found general interest in recent days. Polymer swelling and shrinking and quaternary ammonium salt immobilised on silica support control of catalytic activities. This chapter describes these aspects by presenting specific examples involving each aspect.
