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Light Harvesting Dendrimers

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Tree-like dendrimers with decreasing number of chromophores from periphery to core is an attractive candidate for light-harvesting applications. Numerous dendritic designs with different kinds of light-collecting chromophores at periphery and an energy-sink at the core have been demonstrated with high energy transfer efficiency. These building blocks are now being developed for several applications such as light-emitting diodes, frequency converters and other photonic devices. This review outlines the efforts that are based on both conjugated and non-conjugated dendrimers.

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    Arpornrat Nantalaksakul, D. Raghunath Reddy & S. Thayumanavan

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521-0403, USA

    Christopher J. Bardeen

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Nantalaksakul, A., Reddy, D.R., Bardeen, C.J. et al. Light Harvesting Dendrimers. Photosynth Res 87, 133–150 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-005-8387-3

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