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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds

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efficient, which confirms that in this type <strong>of</strong> artificial antenna metallodendrimer,<br />

long-range electron transfer can be quite effective, as in the case <strong>of</strong><br />

the heptanuclear complex mentioned above [264], <strong>and</strong> could suggest interesting<br />

options to build up integrated donor–antenna–acceptor systems. This<br />

discussion leads us directly to the next section.<br />

5.3<br />

Donor–Chromophore–Acceptor Triads<br />

Triad systems (Fig. 14) are key components <strong>of</strong> the early events in artificial<br />

photosynthesis: the light energy collected by the chromophore (P) is transformed<br />

into chemical (redox) energy by a sequence <strong>of</strong> electron transfer steps<br />

involving electron donor (D) <strong>and</strong> electron acceptor (A) units, ultimately leading<br />

to charge separation [208, 209, 228]. Charge separation is probably the<br />

most important photoinduced process on Earth, so it is not surprising that<br />

many triads based on Ru(II) complexes have been prepared <strong>and</strong> studied in<br />

the last 20 years [228, 280]. It should be noted that there are literally dozens<br />

<strong>of</strong> dyads based on Ru polypyridine complexes [228, 281]. Only some examples<br />

<strong>of</strong> triads (that is, species where Ru(II) chromophores are simultaneously<br />

coupled to electron donor <strong>and</strong> acceptor units) are discussed here.

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