A Copper(I) Bis-phenanthroline Complex Buried in Fullerene-Functionalized Dendritic Black Boxes.
Virtual inaccessibility to external contact was revealed by electrochemical investigations for a bis(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) core embedded in dendrimers with up to 16 peripheral fullerene units (shown schematically). With increasing numbers of fullerene units, less and less light is available to the core, and the small quantity of light energy that reaches the central Cu(I) complex is returned to the external fullerenes by energy transfer-the central core is buried in a dendritic black box.
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Istituto di Fotochimica e Radiazioni d'Alta Energia del CNR, via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna (Italy).
Boudon
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Felder
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Gisselbrecht
JP
Gross
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Marconi
G
Nicoud
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Nierengarten
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Vicinelli
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