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cy
clodextrin, CD-St, with seven steroidi
c naphthalene
chromophores linked tothe primary rim,
can
form in
clusion
complexes with a mero
cyanine dye (DCMOH) and an oxazine dye (Ox725);the stoi
chiometry is 2:1 (CD-St:dye). This system works as an antenna sin
ce the dye is surrounded by 14
chromophores. The e
ffi
cien
cy o
f trans
fer
from the antenna
chromophores to the en
cased dye was
found to be
close to 100%. The dynami
cs o
f this heterotrans
fer and homotrans
fer (i.e., energy hopping among the antenna
chromophores) was investigated by time-resolved
fluores
cen
ce intensity and time-resolved
fluores
cen
ceanisotropy experiments, respe
ctively. The distribution o
f rate
constants
for homotrans
fer was re
covered thanksto a previously des
cribed Monte Carlo simulation
from whi
ch an average rate
constant was
cal
culated and
found to be about 4 × 10
11 s
-1. This value is about 10 times
faster than the rate
constant
for heterotrans
fer inthe
case o
f Ox725, and about three times
faster than in the
case o
f DCMOH. The results are dis
cussed interms o
f inter
chromophori
c distan
ces, mutual orientations and Förster radii.