Energy transfer within perylene-terrylene dendrimers evidenced by polychromatic transient absorption measurements

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-186

  Jordens, Sven ^a   De Beider, Gino ^a   Lor, Marc ^a   Schweitzer, Gerd ^a   Van Der Auweraer, Mark ^a   Weil, Tanja ^b   Reuther, Erik ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   De Schryver, Frans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; IMIDE; PERYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TERRYLENEDIIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242306983     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b210261g     Document Type: Article

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