Dendritic energy funnel

Choi M-S, Aida T, Yamazaki T, Yamazaki I (2001) A large dendritic multiporphyrin array as a mimic of the bacterial light-harvesting anterma complex molecular design of an efficient energy funnel for visible photons. Angew Chem Int Ed 40 3194... [Pg.108]

This section and the previous show that linear arrangements of covalently linked porphyrins have clearly captured the attention of chemists regarding electron transfers and charge separation along redox gradients. As opposed to the linear approach, branched and dendritic structures are directly inspired from the architecture of photosynthetic antennae systems, and are therefore mostly oriented towards energy collection and funneling. [Pg.649]