title: Thieno-pyrrole-fused 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-fullerene dyads: utilization of near-infrared sensitizers for ultrafast charge separation in donor-acceptor systems.
abstract: Donor-acceptor dyads featuring near-IR sensitizers derived from thieno-pyrrole-fused BODIPY (abbreviated as SBDPiR) and fullerene, C60 have been newly synthesized and characterized. Occurrence of ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer (PET) leading to the formation of charge-separated state in these dyads, capable of harvesting light energy from the near-IR region, is established from femtosecond transient absorption studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas , 1155 Union Circle, #305070, Denton, Texas 76203-5017, United States.
authors.forename: Venugopal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: Sushanta K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Samuel G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Awuah
authors.forename: Youngjae
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Souza
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D055668:Photochemical Processes
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes