A heptanuclear light-harvesting metal-based antenna dendrimer with six Ru(ii)-based chromophores directly powering a single Os(ii)-based energy trap†
Abstract
The novel dendritic-shaped, heptanuclear compound 1 – the first mixed Os–Ru dendrimer with tris-chelating bridging ligands – has been synthesized and its photophysics studied by fs pump–probe transient spectroscopy. In 1, all light energy absorbed by six identical Ru(II) chromophores is funnelled to the luminescent central Os(II) core, with a time constant of 11 ps, by Dexter energy transfer.