Porphyrin‐Ryleneimide Hybrids: Low‐Bandgap Acceptors in Energy‐Transfer Cassettes

Abstract

Efficient energy and electron transfer in photoexcited dye assemblies is of fundamental importance in both biological and artificial light-harvesting systems. Efficient transfer according to the Förster mechanism is now reported in multi-chromophore cassettes consisting of four BODIPY units rigidly linked to a pseudo-tetrahedral acceptor dye. This central chromophore was obtained by fusing porphyrin and perylenediimide motifs and displays strong absorption extending into the near infrared. More information can be found in the Communication by Dongho Kim, Marcin Stępień et al.