Molecular Chromophore-DNA Architectures With Fullerenes: Optical Properties and Solar Cells.

ABSTRACT: Supramolecular chemistry allows the construction of complex molecular architectures and the design of collective photophysical properties. DNA is an attractive template to build such supramolecular architectures due to its helical structure, the defined distances between the bases and the canonical base pairing that results in precise control of the chromophore position. The tailored properties of DNA-templated supramolecules eventually allow their implementation into optoelectronic applications. For the generation of free charge carriers from photo-generated excitons, fullerenes can be utilized. We synthesized two fullerene derivates, one of which binds by electrostatic interactions to single-stranded DNA, while the other contains two 2'-deoxyuridine moieties and assembles specifically al

SUBMITTER: Muller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941155 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature