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[60]Fullerene: A Versatile Photoactive Core for Dendrimer Chemistry
Author(s) -
Nierengarten JeanFrançois,
Armaroli Nicola,
Accorsi Gianluca,
Rio Yannick,
Eckert JeanFrançois
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200390001
Subject(s) - dendrimer , fullerene , photoinduced electron transfer , electron transfer , chemistry , energy transfer , core (optical fiber) , photochemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , chemical physics , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
Owing to their special photophysical properties, fullerene derivatives are good candidates to demonstrate dendritic effects. In particular, the triplet lifetimes of a C 60 core can be used to evaluate its degree of isolation from external contacts. On the other hand, the fullerene core can act as a terminal energy receptor in dendrimer‐based light‐harvesting systems. When a fullerodendrimer is further functionalized with a suitable electron donor, it may exhibit the essential features of a multicomponent artificial photosynthetic system in which photoinduced energy transfer from the antenna to the C 60 core is followed by electron transfer.