title: Light-harvesting dendrimers.
abstract: Dendrimers are well-defined, tree-like macromolecules, with a high degree of order and the possibility to contain selected chemical units in predetermined sites of their structure. Dendrimers are currently attracting the interest of many scientists because of their unusual chemical and physical properties and the wide range of potential applications. It is possible to design and synthesize dendrimers containing a variety of chromophoric groups organized in the dimensions of time, energy and space so as to obtain efficient light-harvesting devices that can be useful for solar energy conversion and other purposes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. vbalzani@ciam.unibo.it
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balzani
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceroni
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vicinelli
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D004735:Energy Transfer / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers