Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2001, 66, 1-32
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20010001

Dendrimers Based on Electroactive Metal Complexes. A Review of Recent Advances

Alberto Jurisa,*, Margherita Venturia, Paola Ceronia, Vincenzo Balzania, Sebastiano Campagnab and Scolastica Serronib

a Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
b Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy

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