title: [60]Fullerene: a versatile photoactive core for dendrimer chemistry.
abstract: Owing to their special photophysical properties, fullerene derivatives are good candidates to demonstrate dendritic effects. In particular, the triplet lifetimes of a C(60) core can be used to evaluate its degree of isolation from external contacts. On the other hand, the fullerene core can act as a terminal energy receptor in dendrimer-based light-harvesting systems. When a fullerodendrimer is further functionalized with a suitable electron donor, it may exhibit the essential features of a multicomponent artificial photosynthetic system in which photoinduced energy transfer from the antenna to the C(60) core is followed by electron transfer.
authors.affiliation: Groupe des Matériaux Organiques, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur and CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France. niereng@ipcms.u-strasbg.r
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Nierengarten
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Armaroli
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Accorsi
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rio
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Eckert