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Dendrimeric Antenna Supermolecules with Multistep Directed Energy Transfer

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Science and Technology of Polymers and Advanced Materials

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Photoinduced energy transfer in large molecular systems is a vital process in many biological systems. The primary step in these reactions, such as photosynthesis, is a multi-step process of energy flow from a highly absorbing antenna molecule or moiety to a reaction center.1–5 In general, however, this process is energetically disordered, and thus the energy transfer is dependent upon mechanisms such as random walk, thermal activation, exciton percolation, or a combination of these effects.6–8 In contrast, a large, well ordered molecule with organized local electronic excitation states may provide an efficient means of directed intramolecular energy transport. In this paper we examine a unique class of recently synthesized dendrimeric molecules which exhibit such desirable properties.9,10 These represent the largest purely hydrocarbon dendrimers which have been synthesized to date.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA

    Stephen F. Swallen, Michael R. Shortreed, Zhong-You Shi & Raoul Kopelman

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainseville, FL, 32611-7200, USA

    Weihong Tan

  3. PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Zhifu Xu

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801-3364, USA

    Chelladuri Devadoss & Jeffrey S. Moore

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Swallen, S.F. et al. (1998). Dendrimeric Antenna Supermolecules with Multistep Directed Energy Transfer. In: Prasad, P.N., Mark, J.E., Kandil, S.H., Kafafi, Z.H. (eds) Science and Technology of Polymers and Advanced Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0112-5_44

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