A Supramolecular Artificial Light-Harvesting System with an Ultrahigh Antenna Effect.

Li, Jing-Jing; Chen, Yong; Yu, Jie; Cheng, Ni; Liu, Yu · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An efficient artificial light-harvesting system is fabricated from a cyclic polysaccharide, sulfato-β-cyclodextrin (SCD); an aggregation-induced emission molecule, an oligo(phenylenevinylene) derivative (OPV-I); and a fluorescent dye, nile red (NiR), via noncovalent interactions in an aqueous solution. In this system, the OPV-I/SCD supramolecular assembly acts as a donor, and NiR that is loaded into the OPV-I/SCD assembly acts as an acceptor. Significantly, an efficient energy-transfer process occurs between the OPV-I/SCD assembly and the loaded NiR, leading to an extremely high antenna effect.

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