Design of BODIPY dyes as triplet photosensitizers: electronic properties tailored for solar energy conversion, photoredox catalysis and photodynamic therapy

E Bassan, A Gualandi, PG Cozzi, P Ceroni - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
BODIPYs are renowned fluorescent dyes with strong and tunable absorption in the visible
region, high thermal and photo-stability and exceptional fluorescence quantum yields …

Mixed electronic states in molecular dimers: Connecting singlet fission, excimer formation, and symmetry-breaking charge transfer

RM Young, MR Wasielewski - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Chromophore aggregates are capable of a wide variety of excited-state
dynamics that are potentially of great use in optoelectronic devices based on organic …

Perylene bisimide dye assemblies as archetype functional supramolecular materials

F Würthner, CR Saha-Möller, B Fimmel… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
When many of the currently largest chemical companies were founded about 150 years ago,
textile dyes constituted their first products. Interestingly, while most of the utilized colorants …

Molecular Dipole‐Induced Photoredox Catalysis for Hydrogen Evolution over Self‐Assembled Naphthalimide Nanoribbons

H Lin, J Wang, J Zhao, Y Zhuang, B Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract D‐π‐A type 4‐((9‐phenylcarbazol‐3‐yl) ethynyl)‐N‐dodecyl‐1, 8‐naphthalimide
(CZNI) with a large dipole moment of 8.49 D and A‐π‐A type bis [(4, 4′‐1, 8 …

Symmetry-breaking charge separation in molecular constructs for efficient light energy conversion

E Sebastian, M Hariharan - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The generation of electron–hole radical pair at the active layer of organic photovoltaics
through symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) has a crucial role in enhancing open …

Efficient multiexciton state generation in charge-transfer-coupled perylene bisimide dimers via structural control

Y Hong, J Kim, W Kim, C Kaufmann, H Kim… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The singlet fission (SF) process is generally defined as the conversion of one singlet exciton
(S1) into two triplet excitons (2· T1), which has the potential to overcome thermalization …

Exciton delocalization drives rapid singlet fission in nanoparticles of acene derivatives

RD Pensack, AJ Tilley, SR Parkin, TS Lee… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We compare the singlet fission dynamics of five pentacene derivatives precipitated to form
nanoparticles. Two nanoparticle types were distinguished by differences in their solid-state …

Lessons from intramolecular singlet fission with covalently bound chromophores

NV Korovina, NF Pompetti, JC Johnson - The Journal of chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular dimers, oligomers, and polymers are versatile components in photophysical and
optoelectronic architectures that could impact a variety of applications. We present a …

Direct observation of ultrafast excimer formation in covalent perylenediimide dimers using near-infrared transient absorption spectroscopy

KE Brown, WA Salamant, LE Shoer… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Energy transfer in perylene-3, 4: 9, 10-bis (dicarboximide)(PDI) aggregates is often limited
by formation of a low-energy excimer state. Formation dynamics of excimer states are often …

Excimer formation in cofacial and slip-stacked perylene-3, 4: 9, 10-bis (dicarboximide) dimers on a redox-inactive triptycene scaffold

EA Margulies, LE Shoer, SW Eaton… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Excitation energy transfer in perylene-3, 4: 9, 10-bis (dicarboximide)(PDI) aggregates is of
interest for light-harvesting applications of this strongly absorbing and π–π stacking …