[60]Fullerene: a versatile photoactive core for dendrimer chemistry.
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.
Nierengarten
Jean-François
JF
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
Armaroli
Nicola
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Accorsi
Gianluca
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Rio
Yannick
Y
Eckert
Jean-François
JF