title: Dendrimer analogues of linear molecules to evaluate energy and charge-transfer properties.
abstract: [reaction: see text] We have designed and synthesized difunctionalized dendrimers containing two donors in the periphery and an acceptor at the core to serve as scaffolds for comparison with linear analogues to investigate the advantage of dendritic scaffolds for energy and charge transfer. Comparison of these dendrimers with the fully decorated dendrimers provides information on the advantage of chromophore density in energy/charge transfer from periphery to the core.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Arpornrat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nantalaksakul
authors.forename: Raghunath Reddy
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Dasari
authors.forename: Tai-Sang
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Rabih
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Kaysi
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bardeen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thayumanavan