Supplementary Material (ESI) for Journal of Materials Chemistry This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry 2009 1 Synthesis, characterization and protein-binding properties of supported dendrons Olga Iliashevsky, a Liron Amir, a,b Robert Glaser, a Robert S. Marks, b N. Gabriel Lemcoff* a a Department of Chemistry, b Department of Biochemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. Supporting information: Part I. Materials…………………………………....…………………………….…..S2 Part II. Synthesis and Characterizations……………………………………..…S2-S6 Part III. Purpald test results...................................................................................S6-S7 Part IV. 13 C CPMAS NMR of 17 and 18.................................................................S7 Part. V. References……………………………………………………………..…..S7