Matsunaga, Y; Takechi, K; Akasaka, T; Ramesh, A R; James, P V; George Thomas, K; Kamat, P V
(American Chemical Society, 2008)
An oligophenyleneethynylene (OPE). 1,4-bis(phenyleneethynyl)-2,5-bis(hexyloxy)benzene (2), is coupled with pyrene to extend the conjugation and allow its use as a light-harvesting molecule [Py-OPE (1)]. The absorption and ...