Long-Distance Electronic Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Supramolecular Polymers.

Winiger, Christian B.; Li, Shaoguang; Rajendran, Ganesh Kumar; Langenegger, Simon M.; Häner, Robert (2014). Long-Distance Electronic Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Supramolecular Polymers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 53(49), pp. 13609-13613. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201407968

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The efficient collection of solar energy relies on the design and construction of well-organized light-harvesting systems. Herein we report that supramolecular phenanthrene polymers doped with pyrene are effective collectors of light energy. The linear polymers are formed through the assembly of short amphiphilic oligomers in water. Absorption of light by phenanthrene residues is followed by electronic energy transfer along the polymer over long distances (>100 nm) to the accepting pyrene molecules. The high efficiency of the energy transfer, which is documented by large fluorescence quantum yields, suggests a quantum coherent process.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Winiger, Christian, Li, Shaoguang, Rajendran, Ganesh Kumar, Langenegger, Simon Matthias, Häner, Robert

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

1433-7851

Publisher:

Wiley-VCH

Funders:

[UNSPECIFIED] University of Bern ; [4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Robert Häner

Date Deposited:

11 Dec 2014 16:49

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:37

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/anie.201407968

PubMed ID:

25345576

Uncontrolled Keywords:

energy transfer, light-harvesting antenna, oligoarenotides, quantum coherence, supramolecular polymers

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.59673

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/59673

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