“…Perylene-based derivatives possess relatively unique photophysical and photochemical properties and have great potential for a number of applications, including photoinduced electron-transfer organic systems, , semiconducting materials for electrophotography, , organic photovoltaic devices for solar energy conversion, − and optoelectronic elements and photosensitizers. − The perylene moiety can exhibit electron-donor or electron-acceptor properties, depending on the nature of lateral substituents, , and are characterized by specific energy and charge-transfer processes in the excited state. ,, Certain perylene derivatives also exhibit self-assembling , and aggregation properties, facilitating light harvesting and high efficiency energy transfer. , In some particular cases, because of its rigid-rod nature, perylene-based structures can serve as standards for steady-state fluorescence anisotropy …”