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Synfacts 2009(5): 0498-0498  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216561
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Conjugated Coordination Polymers

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Mindy Levine
V. A. Montes, G. V. Zyryanov, E. Danilov, N. Agarwal, M. A. Palacios, P. Anzenbacher, Jr.*
Bowling Green State University, USA
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22 April 2009 (online)

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Excited-state energy transfer is critical for a number of important applications, including sensors, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and photovoltaics. This paper reports the synthesis of self-assembled coordination polymers, comprised of oligofluorene moieties and aluminum(III) bis(8-quinolinolate)acetylacetone moieties. Energy transfer between the various subunits occurs at the rate of 10¹¹ s-¹. These ­results are in good agreement with the improved model of Förster for the energy transfer developed by Beljonne (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 4744).