Dendrimer photoantenna supermolecules: Energetic funnels, exciton hopping and correlated excimer formation

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 485-486, Issue , 1999, Pages 585-597

  Swallen, S F ^a   Kopelman, R ^a   Moore, J S ^b   Devadoss, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Excimers; Hydrocarbon dendrimers; Photoactive antenna; Photobleaching protection; Supermolecules

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033543146     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2860(99)00188-X     Document Type: Article

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