In the Dissertation Council D 002.106.01 at Institute of Solution Chemistry RAS (Ivanovo, Russia). on December, 21, 2006, PhD-student Matvej S. Gruzdev, under the adviser of Prof. Nadezhda V. Usol’tseva, successfully defended the thesis for a Candidate’s degree (specialities: 02.00.04 – Physical chemistry, 02.00.03 – Organic chemistry): "The influence of the molecular structure of dendrimer complexes and nanocomposites, poly(propylene imine) dendrimer derivatives on their mesomorphic properties"