Influence of geometry on light harvesting in dendrimeric systems

The exact analytic expression for the mean time to trapping (or mean walklength) for a particle (electron/exciton) performing a random walk on a finite dendrimer lattice with a trap at the center of the dendrimer was obtained. Exact analytic expressions have also been obtained for articulated/extended dendrimeric systems. The full dynamical behavior was determined for each case studied via numerical solution of the stochastic master equation, and the results obtained were shown to be a direct consequence of the structural properties of the dendrimeric system. These studies are linked to the behavior observed in experiments on light harvesting in dendrimeric supermolecules. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.