Synfacts 2010(11): 1243-1243  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258732
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Panchromatic Fluorescent Materials

Contributor(s): Timothy Swager, Carlos Cordovilla
T. Bura, P. Retailleau, R. Ziessel*
École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, Strasbourg and Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 October 2010 (online)

Significance

An iterative method for the synthesis of covalently linked dyes is described. These molecules behave as antennas, effectively collecting the excitations and transferring them to the tri- or dimethyl Bodipy moieties.