A zinc phthalocyanine-benzoperylenetriimide conjugate for solvent dependent ultrafast energy vs. electron transfer

A novel zinc phthalocyanine-benzoperylenetriimide conjugate has been synthesized and its ability to undergo ultrafast energy and electron transfer as a function of solvent polarity has been demonstrated using the femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) technique operating at a femto- to nanosecond time scale.