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Chwojnowska E, Kowalska AA, Kamińska A, Lewiński J. Direct Readout of Homo- vs Heterochiral Ligand Shell of Quantum Dots. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38973569 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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The chiroptical activity of various semiconductor inorganic nanocrystalline materials has typically been tested using circular dichroism or circularly polarized luminescence. Herein, we report on a high-throughput screening method for identifying and differentiating chiroptically active quantum-sized ZnO crystals using Raman spectroscopy combined with principal component analysis. ZnO quantum dots (QDs) coated by structurally diverse homo- and heterochiral aminoalcoholate ligands (cis- and trans-1-amino-2-indanolate, 2-amino-1-phenylethanolate, and diphenyl-2-pyrrolidinemethanolate) were prepared using the one-pot self-supporting organometallic procedure and then extensively studied toward the identification of specific Raman fingerprints and spectral variations. The direct comparison between the spectra demonstrates that it is very difficult to make definite recognition and identification between QDs coated with enantiomers based only on the differences in the respective Raman bands' position shifts and their intensities. However, the applied approach involving the principal component analysis performed on the Raman spectra allows the simultaneous differentiation and identification of the studied QDs. The first and second principal components explain 98, 97, 97, and 87% of the variability among the studied families of QDs and demonstrate the possibility of using the presented method as a qualitative assay. Thus, the reported multivariate approach paves the way for simultaneous differentiation and identification of chirotopically active semiconductor nanocrystals.
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- Elżbieta Chwojnowska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52 , Warsaw 01-224, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52 , Warsaw 01-224, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52 , Warsaw 01-224, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52 , Warsaw 01-224, Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3 , Warsaw 00-664, Poland
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Magna G, Šakarašvili M, Stefanelli M, Giancane G, Bettini S, Valli L, Ustrnul L, Borovkov V, Aav R, Monti D, Di Natale C, Paolesse R. Chiral Recognition by Supramolecular Porphyrin-Hemicucurbit[8]uril-Functionalized Gravimetric Sensors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37326387 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Enantiorecognition of a chiral analyte usually requires the ability to respond with high specificity to one of the two enantiomers of a chiral compound. However, in most cases, chiral sensors have chemical sensitivity toward both enantiomers, showing differences only in the intensity of responses. Furthermore, specific chiral receptors are obtained with high synthetic efforts and have limited structural versatility. These facts hinder the implementation of chiral sensors in many potential applications. Here, we utilize the presence of both enantiomers of each receptor to introduce a novel normalization that allows the enantio-recognition of compounds even when single sensors are not specific for one enantiomer of a target analyte. For this purpose, a novel protocol that permits the fabrication of a large set of enantiomeric receptor pairs with low synthetic efforts by combining metalloporphyrins with (R,R)- and (S,S)-cyclohexanohemicucurbit[8]uril is developed. The potentialities of this approach are investigated by an array of four pairs of enantiomeric sensors fabricated using quartz microbalances since gravimetric sensors are intrinsically non-selective toward the mechanism of interaction of analytes and receptors. Albeit the weak enantioselectivity of single sensors toward limonene and 1-phenylethylamine, the normalization allows the correct identification of these enantiomers in the vapor phase indifferent to their concentration. Remarkably, the achiral metalloporphyrin choice influences the enantioselective properties, opening the way to easily obtain a large library of chiral receptors that can be implemented in actual sensor arrays. These enantioselective electronic noses and tongues may have a potential striking impact in many medical, agrochemical, and environmental fields.
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- Gabriele Magna
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, SCI-421A, 12618 Tallinn, Harju Maakon, Estonia
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Via D. Birago, 48, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, DISTEBA, University of Salento, Via per Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, DISTEBA, University of Salento, Via per Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, SCI-421A, 12618 Tallinn, Harju Maakon, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, SCI-421A, 12618 Tallinn, Harju Maakon, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, SCI-421A, 12618 Tallinn, Harju Maakon, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Tomei I, Bonanni B, Sgarlata A, Fanfoni M, Martini R, Di Filippo I, Magna G, Stefanelli M, Monti D, Paolesse R, Goletti C. Chiral Porphyrin Assemblies Investigated by a Modified Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy Spectrometer. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083471. [PMID: 37110705 PMCID: PMC10142836 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy (RAS) has been largely used to investigate organic compounds: Langmuir-Blodgett and Langmuir-Schaeffer layers, the organic molecular beam epitaxy growth in situ and in real time, thin and ultrathin organic films exposed to volatiles, in ultra-high vacuum (UHV), in controlled atmosphere and even in liquid. In all these cases, porphyrins and porphyrin-related compounds have often been used, taking advantage of the peculiar characteristics of RAS with respect to other techniques. The technical modification of a RAS spectrometer (CD-RAS: circular dichroism RAS) allows us to investigate the circular dichroism of samples instead of the normally studied linear dichroism: CD-RAS measures (in transmission mode) the anisotropy of the optical properties of a sample under right and left circularly polarized light. Although commercial spectrometers exist to measure the circular dichroism of substances, the "open structure" of this new spectrometer and its higher flexibility in design makes it possible to couple it with UHV systems or other experimental configurations. The importance of chirality in the development of organic materials (from solutions to the solid state, as thin layers deposited-in liquid or in vacuum-on transparent substrates) could open interesting possibilities to a development in the investigation of the chirality of organic and biological layers. In this manuscript, after the detailed explanation of the CD-RAS technique, some calibration tests with chiral porphyrin assemblies in solution or deposited in solid film are reported to demonstrate the quality of the results, comparing curves obtained with CD-RAS and a commercial spectrometer.
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- Ilaria Tomei
- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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Stefanelli M, Magna G, Di Natale C, Paolesse R, Monti D. Stereospecific Self-Assembly Processes of Porphyrin-Proline Conjugates: From the Effect of Structural Features and Bulk Solvent Properties to the Application in Stereoselective Sensor Systems. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:15587. [PMID: 36555226 PMCID: PMC9779260 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Conjugating the porphyrin ring with an amino acid via amide linkage represents a straightforward way for conferring both amphiphilicity and chirality to the macrocycle. Proline residue is a good choice in this context since its conformational rigidity allows for porphyrin assembling where molecular chirality is efficiently transferred and amplified using properly honed aqueous environments. Herein, we describe the evolution of the studies carried out by our group to achieve chiral systems from some porphyrin-proline derivatives, both in solution and in the solid state. The discussion focuses on some fundamental aspects reflecting on the final molecular architectures obtained, which are related to the nature of the appended group (stereochemistry and charge), the presence of a metal ion coordinated to the porphyrin core and the bulk solvent properties. Indeed, fine-tuning the mentioned parameters enables the achievement of stereospecific structures with distinctive chiroptical and morphological features. Solid films based on these chiral systems were also obtained and their recognition abilities in gaseous and liquid phase are here described.
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- Manuela Stefanelli
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Viale del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Tang W, Jin F, Li P, Tang T, Xu H, Liang X. GaIIItriarylcorrole-Borneol Hybrids: Synthesis, electronic structures and tunable interactions with ctDNA. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The detection and discrimination of chiral analytes has always been a topical theme in food and pharmaceutical industries and environmental monitoring, especially when dealing with chiral drugs and pesticides, whose enantiomeric nature assessment is of crucial importance. The typical approach matches novel chiral receptors designed ad hoc for the discrimination of a target enantiomer with emerging nanotechnologies. The massive synthetic efforts requested and the difficulty of analyzing complex matrices warrant the ever-growing exploitation of sensor array as an alternative route, using a limited number of chiral or both chiral and achiral sensors for the stereoselective identification and dosing of chiral compounds. This review aims to illustrate a little-explored winning strategy in chiral sensing based on sensor arrays. This strategy mimics the functioning of natural olfactory systems that perceive some couples of enantiomeric compounds as distinctive odors (i.e., using an array of a considerable number of broad selective receptors). Thus, fundamental concepts related to the working principle of sensor arrays and the role of data analysis techniques and models have been briefly presented. After the discussion of existing examples in the literature using arrays for discriminating enantiomers and, in some cases, determining the enantiomeric excess, the remaining challenges and future directions are outlined for researchers interested in chiral sensing applications.
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Magna G, Traini T, Naitana ML, Bussetti G, Domenici F, Paradossi G, Venanzi M, Di Natale C, Paolesse R, Monti D, Stefanelli M. Seeding Chiral Ensembles of Prolinated Porphyrin Derivatives on Glass Surface: Simple and Rapid Access to Chiral Porphyrin Films. Front Chem 2022; 9:804893. [PMID: 35174141 PMCID: PMC8841355 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.804893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An easy and fast method to achieve chiral porphyrin films on glass is herein reported. The on-surface formation of organized supramolecular architectures with distinctive and remarkable chiroptical features strictly depends on the macrocycles used, the solvent chosen for the casting deposition, and most importantly, on the roughness of the glass slide. Dynamic light scattering studies performed on 10−4–10−6 M porphyrin solutions revealed the presence of small porphyrin aggregates, whose size and number increase depending on the initial concentration. Once transferred on surface, these protoaggregates act as nucleation seeds for the following, self-assembling into larger structures upon solvent evaporation, with a process driven by a fine balance between intermolecular and molecule–substrate interactions. The described method represents a straightforward way to fabricate porphyrin-based chiral surfaces onto a transparent and economic substrate in few minutes. The results obtained can be particularly promising for the development of sensors based on stereoselective optical active films, targeting the detection of chiral analytes of practical relevance, such as the so-called emerging pollutants released in the environment from agrochemical, food, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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- Gabriele Magna
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
- *Correspondence: Manuela Stefanelli,
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Ma Y, Xiao X, Ji Q. Design of surface nanostructures for chirality sensing based on quartz crystal microbalance. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 13:1201-1219. [PMID: 36348938 PMCID: PMC9623132 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.13.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been widely used for various sensing applications, including chirality detection due to the high sensitivity to nanogram or picogram mass changes, fast response, real-time detection, easy operation, suitability in different media, and low experimental cost. The sensing performance of QCM is dependent on the surface design of the recognition layers. Various strategies have been employed for studying the relationship between the structural features and the specific detection of chiral isomers. This review provides an overview of the construction of chiral sensing layers by various nanostructures and materials in the QCM system, which include organic molecules, supermolecular assemblies, inorganic nanostructures, and metal surfaces. The sensing mechanisms based on these surface nanostructures and the related potentials for chiral detection by the QCM system are also summarized.
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- Yinglin Ma
- Herbert Gleiter Institute for Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute for Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute for Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei, Nanjing, 210094, China
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Recognition and Sensing of Chiral Organic Molecules by Chiral Porphyrinoids: A Review. CHEMOSENSORS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9080204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Porphyrinoids are extremely attractive for their electronic, optical, and coordination properties as well as for their versatile substitution at meso/β-positions. All these features allow porphyrinoids to behave as chiroptical hosts for chiral recognition by means of non-covalent interactions towards chiral guests. Over the years, chiral discrimination of chiral molecules such as amino acids, alcohols, amines, hydroxy-carboxylic acids, etc. has aroused the interest of the scientific community. Hence, this review aims to report on the progress to date by illustrating some relevant research regarding the chiral recognition of a multitude of chiral organic guests through several chiral mono- and bis-porphyrins via different spectroscopic techniques.
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Magna G, Nardis S, Stefanelli M, Monti D, Di Natale C, Paolesse R. The strength in Numbers! Porphyrin hybrid nanostructured materials for chemical sensing. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:5724-5731. [PMID: 33949554 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00528f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The development of chemical sensors is an urgent need for both environmental and health issues. The breakthrough needed for the advancement of these devices is the development of efficient receptors. Porphyrins have been widely used as sensing layers in chemical sensors, but their integration with nanostructures can greatly boost the performance of these macrocycles, improving from one side the stability of the sensing layer, and from the other, offering additional interaction mechanisms with target analytes. We present here some recent examples of hybrid materials prepared by the integration of porphyrins with metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, porphyrin-based metal organic frameworks and their exploitation as sensing layers in chemical sensors.
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- Gabriele Magna
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Roma La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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Lu W, Gong L, Su C, Wang Q, Ling Q, Wang P, Qi D, Bian Y. Intermolecular Chirality Modulation of Binaphthalene-Bridged Bisporphyrins With Chiral Diamines. Front Chem 2021; 8:611257. [PMID: 33659235 PMCID: PMC7919525 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.611257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A new pair of 2,2ʹ-diamino-1,1ʹ-binaphthyl linked porphyrin dimers, (R)-/(S)-H, were synthesized to study their supramolecular interactions with a pair of chiral diamines ((R)-/(S)-PPDA) by using UV-Vis absorption, fluorescence and NMR titrations. The spectroscopic titrations indicated that sandwich-type 1:1 complexes were formed at low guest concentration and then transformed to 1:2 open complexes at high guest concentration. The supramolecular interactions afforded sensitive circular dichroism responses, and the CD signs of the 1:1 complexes are decided by the stereostructure of chiral diamine guests. Moreover, due to the shortened linking units, (R)-/(S)-H show more sensitive and predicable CD response than the previously reported hosts (R)-/(S)-H1 and this can be reasonably explained by DFT molecular modeling. The present results suggest (R)-/(S)-H are promising for chiral optical sensing.
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- Wenxin Lu
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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Fu B, Dong X, Yu X, Zhang Z, Sun L, Zhu W, Liang X, Xu H. meso-borneol- and meso-carbazole-substituted porphyrins: multifunctional chromophores with tunable electronic structures and antitumor activities. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02954h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Herein, a series of five C2 symmetric H2porphyrins with meso-borneol and meso-carbazole units have been synthesized and isolated. Their electronic structures, photophysical properties and anticancer activity were investigated.
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- Bo Fu
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing 210037
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Chen C, Li D, Cao G, Qin Z, Xu Y, Liu X, Li Q, Xie Y, Li C. Solvent-regulated biomorphs from the intense π,π-mediated assemblies of tetracenequinone fused porphyrin. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01173a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tetracenequninone fused porphyrin exhibits remarkable π,π-stacking, which can be regulated by solvents to afford various biomorphs or cubic-shaped architectures.
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- Chen Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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Williams GT, Haynes CJE, Fares M, Caltagirone C, Hiscock JR, Gale PA. Advances in applied supramolecular technologies. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:2737-2763. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00948b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Supramolecular chemistry has successfully built a foundation of fundamental understanding. However, with this now achieved, we show how this area of chemistry is moving out of the laboratory towards successful commercialisation.
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- School of Chemistry
- The University of Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
- Università degli Studi di Cagliari
- 09042 Monserrato (CA)
- Italy
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- School of Chemistry
- The University of Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano)
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Savioli M, Stefanelli M, Magna G, Zurlo F, Caso MF, Cimino R, Goletti C, Venanzi M, Di Natale C, Paolesse R, Monti D. Tunable Supramolecular Chirogenesis in the Self-Assembling of Amphiphilic Porphyrin Triggered by Chiral Amines. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228557. [PMID: 33202819 PMCID: PMC7698035 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Supramolecular chirality is one of the most important issues in different branches of science and technology, as stereoselective molecular recognition, catalysis, and sensors. In this paper, we report on the self-assembly of amphiphilic porphyrin derivatives possessing a chiral information on the periphery of the macrocycle (i.e., D- or L-proline moieties), in the presence of chiral amines as co-solute, such as chiral benzylamine derivatives. The aggregation process, steered by hydrophobic effect, has been studied in aqueous solvent mixtures by combined spectroscopic and topographic techniques. The results obtained pointed out a dramatic effect of these ligands on the morphology and on the supramolecular chirality of the final self-assembled structures. Scanning electron microscopy topography, as well as fluorescence microscopy studies revealed the formation of rod-like structures of micrometric size, different from the fractal structures formerly observed when the self-assembly process is carried out in the absence of chiral amine co-solutes. On the other hand, comparative experiments with an achiral porphyrin analogue strongly suggested that the presence of the prolinate moiety is mandatory for the achievement of the observed highly organized suprastructures. The results obtained would be of importance for unraveling the intimate mechanisms operating in the selection of the homochirality, and for the preparation of sensitive materials for the detection of chiral analytes, with tunable stereoselectivity and morphology.
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- Marco Savioli
- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Physics, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (M.S.); (M.S.); (G.M.); (F.Z.); (R.C.); (M.V.); (R.P.)
- Department of Chemistry, University La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: or
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Stefanelli M, Savioli M, Zurlo F, Magna G, Belviso S, Marsico G, Superchi S, Venanzi M, Di Natale C, Paolesse R, Monti D. Porphyrins Through the Looking Glass: Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Insights in Supramolecular Chirogenesis of New Self-Assembled Porphyrin Derivatives. Front Chem 2020; 8:587842. [PMID: 33195087 PMCID: PMC7593786 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.587842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The solvent driven aggregation of porphyrin derivatives, covalently linked to a L- or D-prolinate enantiomer, results in the stereospecific formation of species featuring remarkable supramolecular chirality, as a consequence of reading and amplification of the stereochemical information stored in the proline-appended group. Spectroscopic, kinetic, and topographic SEM studies gave important information on the aggregation processes, and on the structures of the final chiral architectures. The results obtained may be the seeds for the construction of stereoselective sensors aiming at the detection, for example, of novel emergent pollutants from agrochemical, food, and pharmaceutical industry.
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- Manuela Stefanelli
- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.,Department of Chemistry, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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The Self-Aggregation of Porphyrins with Multiple Chiral Centers in Organic/Aqueous Media: The Case of Sugar- and Steroid-Porphyrin Conjugates. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194544. [PMID: 33020381 PMCID: PMC7583780 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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An overview of the solvent-driven aggregation of a series of chiral porphyrin derivatives studied by optical methods (UV/Vis, fluorescence, CD and RLS spectroscopies) is herein reported. The investigated porphyrins are characterized by the presence in the meso-positions of glycol-, steroidal- and glucosteroidal moieties, conferring amphiphilicity and solubility in aqueous media to the primarily hydrophobic porphyrin platform. Aggregation of the macrocycles is driven by a change in bulk solvent composition, forming architectures with supramolecular chirality, steered by the stereogenic centers on the porphyrin peripheral positions. The aggregation behavior and chiroptical properties of the final aggregated species strongly depend on the number and stereogenicity of the ancillary groups that dictate the mutual spatial arrangement of the porphyrin chromophores and their further organization in larger structures, usually detectable by different microscopies, such as AFM and SEM. Kinetic studies are fundamental to understand the aggregation mechanism, which is frequently found to be dependent on the substrate concentration. Additionally, Molecular Mechanics calculations can give insights into the intimate nature of the driving forces governing the self-assembly process. The critical use of these combined methods can shed light on the overall self-assembly process of chirally-functionalized macrocycles, with important implications on the development of chiral porphyrin-based materials.
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Oprea A, Weimar U. Gas sensors based on mass-sensitive transducers. Part 2: Improving the sensors towards practical application. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:6707-6776. [PMID: 32737549 PMCID: PMC7496080 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02627-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Within the framework outlined in the first part of the review, the second part addresses attempts to increase receptor material performance through the use of sensor systems and chemometric methods, in conjunction with receptor preparation methods and sensor-specific tasks. Conclusions are then drawn, and development perspectives for gravimetric sensors are discussed.
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- Alexandru Oprea
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics, Eberhard Karls University, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
- Center for Light-Matter Interaction, Sensors & Analytics, Eberhard Karls University, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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Albano G, Pescitelli G, Di Bari L. Chiroptical Properties in Thin Films of π-Conjugated Systems. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10145-10243. [PMID: 32892619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chiral π-conjugated molecules provide new materials with outstanding features for current and perspective applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. In thin films, processes such as charge conduction, light absorption, and emission are governed not only by the structure of the individual molecules but also by their supramolecular structures and intermolecular interactions to a large extent. Electronic circular dichroism, ECD, and its emission counterpart, circularly polarized luminescence, CPL, provide tools for studying aggregated states and the key properties to be sought for designing innovative devices. In this review, we shall present a comprehensive coverage of chiroptical properties measured on thin films of organic π-conjugated molecules. In the first part, we shall discuss some general concepts of ECD, CPL, and other chiroptical spectroscopies, with a focus on their applications to thin film samples. In the following, we will overview the existing literature on chiral π-conjugated systems whose thin films have been characterized by ECD and/or CPL, as well other chiroptical spectroscopies. Special emphasis will be put on systems with large dissymmetry factors (gabs and glum) and on the application of ECD and CPL to derive structural information on aggregated states.
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- Gianluigi Albano
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Occhiuto IG, Castriciano MA, Trapani M, Zagami R, Romeo A, Pasternack RF, Monsù Scolaro L. Controlling J-Aggregates Formation and Chirality Induction through Demetallation of a Zinc(II) Water Soluble Porphyrin. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21114001. [PMID: 32503280 PMCID: PMC7313071 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Under acidic conditions and at high ionic strength, the zinc cation is removed from its metal complex with 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS4) thus leading to the diacid free porphyrin, that subsequently self-organize into J-aggregates. The kinetics of the demetallation step and the successive supramolecular assembly formation have been investigated as a function of pH and ionic strength (controlled by adding ZnSO4). The demetallation kinetics obey to a rate law that is first order in [ZnTPPS4] and second order in [H+], according to literature, with k2 = 5.5 ± 0.4 M−2 s−1 at 298 K (IS = 0.6 M, ZnSO4). The aggregation process has been modeled according to an autocatalytic growth, where after the formation of a starting seed containing m porphyrin units, the rate evolves as a power of time. A complete analysis of the extinction time traces at various wavelengths allows extraction of the relevant kinetic parameters, showing that a trimer or tetramer should be involved in the rate-determining step of the aggregation. The extinction spectra of the J-aggregates evidence quite broad bands, suggesting an electronic coupling mechanism different to the usual Frenkel exciton coupling. Resonance light scattering intensity in the aggregated samples increases with increasing both [H+] and [ZnSO4]. Symmetry breaking occurs in these samples and the J-aggregates show circular dichroism spectra with unusual bands. The asymmetry g-factor decreases in its absolute value with increasing the catalytic rate kc, nulling and eventually switching the Cotton effect from negative to positive. Some inferences on the role exerted by zinc cations on the kinetics and structural features of these nanostructures have been discussed.
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- Ilaria Giuseppina Occhiuto
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina and C.I.R.C.M.S.B V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy;
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- CNR-ISMN Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy; (M.T.); (R.Z.)
- Correspondence: (M.A.C.); (A.R.); (L.M.S.); Tel.: +39-090-6765711 (L.M.S.)
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- CNR-ISMN Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy; (M.T.); (R.Z.)
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- CNR-ISMN Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy; (M.T.); (R.Z.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina and C.I.R.C.M.S.B V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy;
- CNR-ISMN Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy; (M.T.); (R.Z.)
- Correspondence: (M.A.C.); (A.R.); (L.M.S.); Tel.: +39-090-6765711 (L.M.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina and C.I.R.C.M.S.B V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy;
- CNR-ISMN Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31-98166 Messina, Italy; (M.T.); (R.Z.)
- Correspondence: (M.A.C.); (A.R.); (L.M.S.); Tel.: +39-090-6765711 (L.M.S.)
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Di Natale C. Roberto Paolesse and the sensors group at the university of Rome Tor Vergata: (“ the world will always welcome ‘ chemists, ’ as time goes by…” ). J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424620020034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Corrado Di Natale
- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma; Italy
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Cimino R, Grelloni E, Magna G, Monti D, Stefanelli M, Gatto E, Placidi E, Biscaglia F, Gobbo M, Venanzi M. Tuning the morphology of mesoscopic structures of porphyrin macrocycles functionalized by an antimicrobial peptide. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424619502006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The aggregation properties of two peptide–porphyrin conjugates were investigated by optical spectroscopy and microscopy imaging with nanometer resolution. Specifically, a tetraphenylporphyrin platform was functionalized by (L)-magainin, a 23-residue long antimicrobial peptide, and by a (L)-magainin analogue differing from the parent peptide by a single residue substitution, [Formula: see text] an Ala vs. Phe replacement in the position 5 of the peptide chain. Spectroscopic and microscopy results show that this single-site substitution has a small effect on the secondary structure attained by the two peptide analogues, but deeply affects the morphology of the mesoscopic structures deposited on hydrophilic mica from methanol/water solutions. In particular, only the Ala-substituted peptide-porphyrin conjugate was shown to be able to form micrometric fibrils, coating homogeneously a hydrophilic mica surface. These results pave the way for potential applications of porphyrin-peptide compounds in localized photodynamic therapy and for designing solid-state stereoselective sensors.
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- Rita Cimino
- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Physics, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, via F. Marzolo, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, via F. Marzolo, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Bettini S, Syrgiannis Z, Ottolini M, Bonfrate V, Giancane G, Valli L, Prato M. Supramolecular Chiral Discrimination of D-Phenylalanine Amino Acid Based on a Perylene Bisimide Derivative. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:160. [PMID: 32195240 PMCID: PMC7064719 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The interaction between homochiral substituted perylene bisimide (PBI) molecule and the D enantiomer of phenylalanine amino acid was monitored. Spectroscopic transitions of PBI derivative in aqueous solution in the visible range were used to evaluate the presence of D-phenylalanine. UV-visible, fluorescence, FT-IR, and AFM characterizations showed that D-phenylalanine induces significant variations in the chiral perylene derivative aggregation state and the mechanism is enantioselective as a consequence of the 3D analyte structure. The interaction mechanism was further investigated in presence of interfering amino acid (D-serine and D-histidine) confirming that both chemical structure and its 3D structure play a crucial role for the amino acid discrimination. A D-phenylalanine fluorescence sensor based on perylene was proposed. A limit of detection (LOD) of 64.2 ± 0.38 nM was calculated in the range 10-7-10-5 M and of 1.53 ± 0.89 μM was obtained in the range 10-5 and 10-3 M.
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- Simona Bettini
- Department of Innovation Engineering, Campus University Ecotekne, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Florence, Italy
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- Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
- Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) and INSTM, Unit of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Innovation Engineering, Campus University Ecotekne, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Florence, Italy
- Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Florence, Italy
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) and INSTM, Unit of Trieste, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
- Carbon Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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De los Santos ZA, Wolf C. Optical Terpene and Terpenoid Sensing: Chiral Recognition, Determination of Enantiomeric Composition and Total Concentration Analysis with Late Transition Metal Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4121-4125. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Zeus A. De los Santos
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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Ozcelik A, Pereira-Cameselle R, Poklar Ulrih N, Petrovic AG, Alonso-Gómez JL. Chiroptical Sensing: A Conceptual Introduction. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E974. [PMID: 32059394 PMCID: PMC7071115 DOI: 10.3390/s20040974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chiroptical responses have been an essential tool over the last decades for chemical structural elucidation due to their exceptional sensitivity to geometry and intermolecular interactions. In recent times, there has been an increasing interest in the search for more efficient sensing by the rational design of tailored chiroptical systems. In this review article, advances made in chiroptical systems towards their implementation in sensing applications are summarized. Strategies to generate chiroptical responses are illustrated. Theoretical approaches to assist in the design of these systems are discussed. The development of efficient chiroptical reporters in different states of matter, essential for the implementation in sensing devises, is reviewed. In the last part, remarkable examples of chiroptical sensing applications are highlighted.
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- Ani Ozcelik
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; (A.O.); (R.P.-C.)
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY 10023, USA
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Han Q, Wang C, Li Z, Wu J, Liu PK, Mo F, Fu Y. Multifunctional Zinc Oxide Promotes Electrochemiluminescence of Porphyrin Aggregates for Ultrasensitive Detection of Copper Ion. Anal Chem 2020; 92:3324-3331. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Qian Han
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Laboratory of Environment Change and Ecological Construction of Hebei Province, College of Resources and Environment Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Chongqing Collaborative Innovation Center for Functional Food, Chongqing University of Education, Chongqing 400067, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Magna G, Monti D, Di Natale C, Paolesse R, Stefanelli M. The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update. Molecules 2019; 24:E4307. [PMID: 31779097 PMCID: PMC6930562 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24234307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The interest in assembling porphyrin derivatives is widespread and is accounted by the impressive impact of these suprastructures of controlled size and shapes in many applications from nanomedicine and sensors to photocatalysis and optoelectronics. The massive use of porphyrin dyes as molecular building blocks of functional materials at different length scales relies on the interdependent pair properties, consisting of their chemical stability/synthetic versatility and their quite unique physicochemical properties. Remarkably, the driven spatial arrangement of these platforms in well-defined suprastructures can synergically amplify the already excellent properties of the individual monomers, improving conjugation and enlarging the intensity of the absorption range of visible light, or forming an internal electric field exploitable in light-harvesting and charge-and energy-transport processes. The countless potentialities offered by these systems means that self-assembly concepts and tools are constantly explored, as confirmed by the significant number of published articles related to porphyrin assemblies in the 2015-2019 period, which is the focus of this review.
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- Gabriele Magna
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1; 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (D.M.); (R.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1; 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (D.M.); (R.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via del Politecnico, 1; 00134 Roma, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1; 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (D.M.); (R.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1; 00133 Rome, Italy; (G.M.); (D.M.); (R.P.)
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A Perspective on Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Foodstuffs Analysis. CHEMOSENSORS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors7030039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This paper provides a selection of the last two decades publications on the development and application of chemical sensors based on piezoelectric quartz resonators for a wide range of analytical tasks. Most of the attention is devoted to an analysis of gas and liquid media and to industrial processes controls utilizing single quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors, bulk acoustic wave (BAW) sensors, and their arrays in e-nose systems. The unique opportunity to estimate several heavy metals in natural and wastewater samples from the output of a QCM sensor array highly sensitive to changes in metal ion activity in water vapor is shown. The high potential of QCM multisensor systems for fast and cost-effective water contamination assessments “in situ” without sample pretreatment is demonstrated.
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