Synthesis and Steady-State Photophysical Properties of Dye-Labeled Dendrimers Having Novel Oligothiophene Cores: A Comparative Study

Novel chromophore-labeled dendrimers with penta- and heptathiophene cores and coumarin-2 chromophores at their periphery have been shown to be very efficient light-harvesting systems. Excitation of the peripheral coumarin-2 chromophores results in energy transfer to the oligothiophene cores as a result of the large overlap between the donor emission spectrum and the acceptor absorption spectrum, as well as the large transition dipole moments of …