Light harvesting in dendrimer materials: Designer photophysics and electrodynamics

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 627-638

  Andrews, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ANTENNA CHROMOPHORE; DENDRIMER MATERIALS; DESIGN MATERIALS; ENERGY POOLING; KEY PARAMETERS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MATRIX METHODS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NONLINEAR FEATURES; PHOTON COLLECTION; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOPHYSICS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; TWO PHOTON;

DENDRIMERS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84857210490     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.436     Document Type: Review

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