简介:Dendrimersareconsideredasapromisingfamilyoforganicsecond-ordernonlinearoptical(NLO)polymersbecauseoftheirwell-definedstructures,easilymodifiedperipheralfunctionalgroups,interiorbranchesandcentralcores.InordertoobtainNLOmaterialswithhighperformance,dendrimerstructureshavebeenoptimizedinthepastyears,suchasthe'branchonly'andthe'rootcontaining'typedendrimers.Thisfeaturearticlehighlightstheachievementsinexploringtherationaldesignofdendrimers,partiallymarkedbytheirmacroscopicNLOperformance.