title: Light harvesting by a periodic mesoporous organosilica chromophore.
abstract: Light aqueduct: Periodic mesoporous organosilica exhibits strong light absorption due to densely packed organic chromophores within the pore walls. Light energy absorbed by 125 biphenyl groups in the pore walls is funneled into a single coumarin 1 molecule in the mesochannels with almost 100% quantum efficiency, and results in significant enhancement of emission from the coumarin 1 dye.
authors.affiliation: Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., CREST/JST, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan. inagaki@mosk.tytlabs.co.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikai
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada