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Visible‐Light‐Harvesting Organogel Composed of Cholesterol‐Based Perylene Derivatives
Author(s) -
Sugiyasu Kazunori,
Fujita Norifumi,
Shinkai Seiji
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352458
Subject(s) - perylene , materials science , chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule
A rich harvest: A visible‐light‐harvesting system has been created utilizing an organogel medium (see picture; the inset shows different gel mixtures). Mixing four different perylene derivatives in the gel phase sets up an energy gradient in the gel fibrils. The well‐defined nanofibers harvest a wide range of light energy in the visible region (i.e., sunlight) to the energy sink in a stepwise manner.