Exciton accumulation in π-conjugated wires encapsulated by light-harvesting macrocycles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3450-3455

  Becker, Klaus ^c   Lagoudakis, Pavlos G ^c,d   Gaefke, Gerald ^a   Höger, Sigurd ^a   Lupton, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Energy conversion; Macrocycles; Polymers; Template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ENCAPSULATION; EXCITATION ENERGY;

ACCUMULATION; CONJUGATED WIRES; CONJUGATION; MACROCYCLES; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

EXCITONS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 34250796874     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605072     Document Type: Article

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