A heptanuclear light-harvesting metal-based antenna dendrimer with six Ru(ii)-based chromophores directly powering a single Os(ii)-based energy trap.

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.

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