title: Light harvesting unsymmetrical conjugated dendrimers as photosynthetic mimics.
abstract: We review the synthesis and photophysical properties of light harvesting phenylacetylene dendrimers with unsymmetrical branching. We describe the steady state and time dependent experiments that are used to characterize energy transfer properties in the conjugated dendrimers. Finally, we describe investigations of the unsymmetrical phenylacetylene dendrimers as potential materials for applications in fluorescence-based sensors, and for non-linear optics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
authors.forename: Zhonghua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Melinger
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kleiman
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008027:Light; D010777:Photochemistry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers