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Liu R, Rong J, Wu Z, Taniguchi M, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Panchromatic Absorbers Tethered for Bioconjugation or Surface Attachment. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27196501. [PMID: 36235037 PMCID: PMC9573448 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The syntheses of two triads are reported. Each triad is composed of two perylene-monoimides linked to a porphyrin via an ethyne unit, which bridges the perylene 9-position and a porphyrin 5- or 15-position. Each triad also contains a single tether composed of an alkynoic acid or an isophthalate unit. Each triad provides panchromatic absorption (350–700 nm) with fluorescence emission in the near-infrared region (733 or 743 nm; fluorescence quantum yield ~0.2). The syntheses rely on the preparation of trans-AB-porphyrins bearing one site for tether attachment (A), an aryl group (B), and two open meso-positions. The AB-porphyrins were prepared by the condensation of a 1,9-diformyldipyrromethane and a dipyrromethane. The installation of the two perylene-monoimide groups was achieved upon the 5,15-dibromination of the porphyrin and the subsequent copper-free Sonogashira coupling, which was accomplished before or after the attachment of the tether. The syntheses provide relatively straightforward access to a panchromatic absorber for use in bioconjugation or surface-attachment processes.
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- Rui Liu
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0403, USA
- Correspondence: (D.F.B.); (D.H.); (J.S.L.); Tel.: +1-919-515-6406 (J.S.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4889, USA
- Correspondence: (D.F.B.); (D.H.); (J.S.L.); Tel.: +1-919-515-6406 (J.S.L.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
- Correspondence: (D.F.B.); (D.H.); (J.S.L.); Tel.: +1-919-515-6406 (J.S.L.)
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Letrun R, Lang B, Yushchenko O, Wilcken R, Svechkarev D, Kolodieznyi D, Riedle E, Vauthey E. Excited-state dynamics of a molecular dyad with two orthogonally-oriented fluorophores. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:30219-30230. [PMID: 30489576 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05356a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The excited-state dynamics of a T-shaped bichromophoric molecule, consisting of two strong fluorophores, diphenyloxazole and diphenylpyrazoline, directly linked in an orthogonal geometry, was investigated. Despite the weak coupling ensured by this geometry and confirmed by the electronic absorption spectra, this dyad exhibits only weak fluorescence in both apolar and polar solvents, with fluorescence lifetimes ranging from 200 ps in CHX to 10 ps in ACN. Ultrafast spectroscopic measurements reveal that the fluorescence quenching in polar solvents is due to the population of a charge-separated state. In non-polar solvents, this process is energetically not feasible, and a quenching due to an efficient intersystem crossing (ISC) to the triplet manifold is proposed, based on quantum-chemical calculations. This process occurs via the spin-orbit charge-transfer (SOCT) ISC mechanism, which is enabled by the charge-transfer character acquired by the S1 state of the dyad upon structural relaxation and by the orthogonal arrangement of the molecular orbitals involved in the transition. The same mechanism is proposed to explain why the recombination of the charge-separated state is faster in medium than in highly polar solvents, as well as to account for the fast decay of the lowest triplet state to the ground state.
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- Romain Letrun
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Gangada S, Chakali M, Mandal H, Duvva N, Chitta R, Lingamallu G, Bangal PR. Excitation-dependent electron exchange energy and electron transfer dynamics in a series of covalently tethered N,N-bis(4'-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)aniline - [C 60] fullerene dyads via varying π-conjugated spacers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:21352-21367. [PMID: 30095832 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03521k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption studies are reported for three newly synthesized covalently linked N,N-bis(4'-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)aniline (BBA) and pyrrolidinofullerenes (C60)-based donor-π conjugated bridge-acceptor dyads (D-B-A) as functions of the bridge length (7.1, 9.5 and 11.2 Å for Dyad-1, Dyad-2 and Dyad-3), dielectric constants of the medium and pump wavelengths. In polar solvent, ultrafast fluorescence quenching (kEET ≥ 2 × 1012 s-1) of the BBA moiety upon excitation of the BBA moiety (320 nm) is observed in the dyads and is assigned to a mechanism involving electron exchange energy transfer (EET) from 1BBA* to C60 followed by electron transfer from BBA to 1C60*. Cohesive rise and decay dynamics of conjugated BBA˙+-C60˙- anion pairs confirm the involvement of a distance independent adiabatic charge-separation (CS) process (kCS ≥ 2.2 × 1011 s-1) with near unity quantum efficiency (φCS ≥ 99.7%) and a distance-dependent non-adiabatic charge-recombination (CR) process [kCR ∼ (1010-108) s-1]. In contrast, excitation of the C60 moiety (λex = 430 to 700 nm) illustrates photoinduced electron transfer from BBA to 1C60*, involving non-adiabatic (diabatic) and distance-dependent CS (kCS in the range of 0.59-1.78 × 1011 s-1) with 98.86-99.6% (Dyad-3-Dyad-1) quantum efficiency and a CR process with kCR values [kCR ∼ (1010-108) s-1] up to three orders greater than kCS of the respective dyads. Both the processes, CS and CR, upon C60 excitation and the CR process upon BBA excitation show distance dependent rate constants with exponential factor β ≤ 0.5 Å-1, and electron transfer is concluded to occur through a covalently linked conjugated π bridge. Global and target analysis of fsTA data reveal the occurrence of two closely lying CS states, thermally hot (CShot) and thermally relaxed (CSeq) states, and two CR processes with two orders of different rate constants. Careful analysis of the kinetic and thermodynamic data allowed us to estimate the total reorganization energy and electronic coupling matrix (V), which decrease exponentially with distance. These novel features of the distance independent adiabatic CS process and the distance-dependent diabatic CR process upon donor excitation are due to extending the π-conjugation between BBA and C60. The demonstrated results may provide a benchmark in the design of light-harvesting molecular devices where ultrafast CS processes and long-lived CS states are essential requirements.
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- Suneel Gangada
- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan - 305817, India.
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Hu G, Kang HS, Mandal AK, Roy A, Kirmaier C, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of arrays containing porphyrin, chlorin, and perylene-imide constituents for panchromatic light-harvesting and charge separation. RSC Adv 2018; 8:23854-23874. [PMID: 35540249 PMCID: PMC9081848 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra04052d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Achieving solar light harvesting followed by efficient charge separation and transport is an essential objective of molecular-based artificial photosynthesis. Architectures that afford strong absorption across the near-UV to near-infrared region, namely panchromatic absorptivity, are critically important given the broad spectral distribution of sunlight. A tetrapyrrole–perylene pentad array was synthesized and investigated as a means to integrate panchromatic light harvesting and intramolecular charge separation. The pentad consists of three moieties: (1) a panchromatically absorbing triad, in which a porphyrin is strongly coupled to two perylene-monoimides via ethyne linkages; (2) a perylene-diimide electron acceptor; and (3) a chlorin hole-trapping unit. Integrating the three components with diphenylethyne linkers generates moderate electronic coupling for intramolecular energy and hole/electron transfer. The construction of the array relies on a stepwise strategy for incorporating modular pigment building blocks. The key building blocks include a trans-A2BC porphyrin, a chlorin, a perylene-monoimide, and a perylene-diimide, each bearing appropriate (halo, ethynyl) synthetic handles for Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions. One target pentad, three tetrads, four triads, and four monomeric benchmark compounds were synthesized from six building blocks (three new, three reported) and 10 new synthetic intermediates. Four of the tetrapyrrole-containing arrays are zinc chelated, and four others are in the free base form. Absorption and fluorescence spectra and fluorescence quantum yields were also measured. Collectively, investigations of the arrays reveal insights into principles for the design of novel reaction centers integrated with a panchromatic antenna for artificial photosynthetic studies. Twelve arrays containing porphyrin, chlorin, and/or perylene-imide units were synthesized to investigate panchromatic absorption integrated with charge separation.![]()
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- Gongfang Hu
- Department of Chemistry
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington University
- St. Louis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington University
- St. Louis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington University
- St. Louis
- USA
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Hiroto S, Miyake Y, Shinokubo H. Synthesis and Functionalization of Porphyrins through Organometallic Methodologies. Chem Rev 2016; 117:2910-3043. [PMID: 27709907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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This review focuses on the postfunctionalization of porphyrins and related compounds through catalytic and stoichiometric organometallic methodologies. The employment of organometallic reactions has become common in porphyrin synthesis. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are now standard techniques for constructing carbon-carbon bonds in porphyrin synthesis. In addition, iridium- or palladium-catalyzed direct C-H functionalization of porphyrins is emerging as an efficient way to install various substituents onto porphyrins. Furthermore, the copper-mediated Huisgen cycloaddition reaction has become a frequent strategy to incorporate porphyrin units into functional molecules. The use of these organometallic techniques, along with the traditional porphyrin synthesis, now allows chemists to construct a wide range of highly elaborated and complex porphyrin architectures.
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- Satoru Hiroto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Amanpour J, Hu G, Alexy EJ, Mandal AK, Kang HS, Yuen JM, Diers JR, Bocian DF, Lindsey JS, Holten D. Tuning the Electronic Structure and Properties of Perylene-Porphyrin-Perylene Panchromatic Absorbers. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:7434-50. [PMID: 27636001 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b06857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Light-harvesting architectures that afford strong absorption across the near-ultraviolet to near-infrared region, namely, panchromatic absorptivity, are potentially valuable for capturing the broad spectral distribution of sunlight. One previously reported triad consisting of two perylene monoimides strongly coupled to a free base porphyrin via ethyne linkers (FbT) shows panchromatic absorption together with a porphyrin-like S1 excited state albeit at lower energy than that of a typical monomeric porphyrin. Here, two new porphyrin-bis(perylene) triads have been prepared wherein the porphyrin bears two pentafluorophenyl substituents. The porphyrin is in the free base (FbT-F) or zinc chelate (ZnT-F) forms. The zinc chelate (ZnT) of the original triad bearing nonfluorinated aryl rings also was prepared. The triads were characterized using static and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The results were analyzed with the aid of molecular-orbital characteristics obtained using density functional theory calculations. Of the four triads, FbT is the most panchromatic in affording the most even distribution of absorption spectral intensity as well as exhibiting the largest wavelength span (380-750 nm). The triads exhibit fluorescence yields (0.35 for FbT-F in toluene) that are substantially greater than for the porphyrin benchmarks (0.049 for FbP-F). The singlet excited-state lifetimes (τS) for the triads in toluene decrease in the order FbT-F (2.7 ns) > FbT (2.0 ns) > ZnT (1.2 ns) ∼ ZnT-F (1.1 ns). The τS values in benzonitrile are FbT (1.3 ns) > FbT-F (1.2 ns) > ZnT-F (0.6 ns) > ZnT (0.2 ns). Thus, the free base triads exhibit relatively long (1.2-2.7 ns) excited-state lifetimes in both polar and nonpolar media. The combined photophysical characteristics indicate that FbT and FbT-F are the best choices for panchromatic light-harvesting systems. Collectively, the findings afford insights into the effects of electronic structure on the panchromatic behavior of ethynyl-linked porphyrin-perylene architectures that can help guide next-generation designs and utilization of these systems.
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- Javad Amanpour
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521-0403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Riverside, California 92521-0403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889, United States
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Dubey RK, Inan D, Sengupta S, Sudhölter EJR, Grozema FC, Jager WF. Tunable and highly efficient light-harvesting antenna systems based on 1,7-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid derivatives. Chem Sci 2016; 7:3517-3532. [PMID: 29997844 PMCID: PMC6007178 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00386a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Efficient harvesting of solar energy, without interference from electron transfer, is reported for a series of bichromophoric light-harvesting antenna molecules.
We report the synthesis and excited-state dynamics of a series of five bichromophoric light-harvesting antenna systems, which are capable of efficient harvesting of solar energy in the spectral range of 350–580 nm. These antenna systems have been synthesized in a modular fashion by the covalent attachment of blue light absorbing naphthalene monoimide energy donors (D1, D2, and D3) to green light absorbing perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid derived energy acceptors, 1,7-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic tetrabutylester (A1), 1,7-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic monoimide dibutylester (A2), and 1,7-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic bisimide (A3). The energy donors have been linked at the 1,7-bay-positions of the perylene derivatives, thus leaving the peri positions free for further functionalization and device construction. A highly stable and rigid structure, with no electronic communication between the donor and acceptor components, has been realized via an all-aromatic non-conjugated phenoxy spacer between the constituent chromophores. The selection of donor naphthalene derivatives for attachment with perylene derivatives was based on the effective matching of their respective optical properties to achieve efficient excitation energy transfer (EET) by the Förster mechanism. A comprehensive study of the excited-state dynamics, in toluene, revealed quantitative and ultrafast (ca. 1 ps) intramolecular EET from donor naphthalene chromophores to the acceptor perylenes in all the studied systems. Electron transfer from the donor naphthalene chromophores to the acceptor perylenes has not been observed, not even for antenna systems in which this process is thermodynamically allowed. Due to the combination of an efficient and fast energy transfer along with broad absorption in the visible region, these antenna systems are promising materials for solar-to-electric and solar-to-fuel devices.
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- Rajeev K Dubey
- Laboratory of Organic Materials & Interfaces , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands . .,Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Materials & Interfaces , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands . .,Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Materials & Interfaces , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands .
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- Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Materials & Interfaces , Department of Chemical Engineering , Delft University of Technology , Julianalaan 136 , 2628BL Delft , The Netherlands .
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High JS, Virgil KA, Jakubikova E. Electronic Structure and Absorption Properties of Strongly Coupled Porphyrin–Perylene Arrays. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:9879-88. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b05600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Judah S. High
- Department
of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Ermilov EA, Schlak M, Steffen R, Liu XQ, Liu JY, Röder B. Energy transfer properties of a novel boron dipyrromethene–perylenediimide donor–acceptor dyad. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10077a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The boron dipyrromethene–perylenediimide dyad has been prepared and studied for its light-harvesting properties with various steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods.
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- Eugeny A. Ermilov
- Institut für Physik
- Photobiophysik
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D-12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- Institut für Physik
- Photobiophysik
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D-12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- Institut für Physik
- Photobiophysik
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D-12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- P. R. China
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- Institut für Physik
- Photobiophysik
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- D-12489 Berlin
- Germany
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Alexy EJ, Yuen JM, Chandrashaker V, Diers JR, Kirmaier C, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Panchromatic absorbers for solar light-harvesting. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:14512-5. [PMID: 25308466 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06853j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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A set of panchromatic absorbers exhibiting long excited-state lifetimes in both polar and nonpolar media has been prepared. The architectures are based on a porphyrin strongly coupled electronically to 1-4 perylene-monoimides via ethyne linkers. The constructs should find utility in molecular solar-conversion systems.
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- Eric J Alexy
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA.
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Hutchison JA, Uji-i H, Deres A, Vosch T, Rocha S, Müller S, Bastian AA, Enderlein J, Nourouzi H, Li C, Herrmann A, Müllen K, De Schryver F, Hofkens J. A surface-bound molecule that undergoes optically biased Brownian rotation. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2014; 9:131-6. [PMID: 24441983 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Developing molecular systems with functions analogous to those of macroscopic machine components, such as rotors, gyroscopes and valves, is a long-standing goal of nanotechnology. However, macroscopic analogies go only so far in predicting function in nanoscale environments, where friction dominates over inertia. In some instances, ratchet mechanisms have been used to bias the ever-present random, thermally driven (Brownian) motion and drive molecular diffusion in desired directions. Here, we visualize the motions of surface-bound molecular rotors using defocused fluorescence imaging, and observe the transition from hindered to free Brownian rotation by tuning medium viscosity. We show that the otherwise random rotations can be biased by the polarization of the excitation light field, even though the associated optical torque is insufficient to overcome thermal fluctuations. The biased rotation is attributed instead to a fluctuating-friction mechanism in which photoexcitation of the rotor strongly inhibits its diffusion rate.
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- James A Hutchison
- 1] Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium [2] ISIS & icFRC, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS UMR 7006, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium
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- Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium
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- Nano-Science Center/Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium
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- Synthetic Chemistry Group, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz D-55128 Germany
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen D-37077 Germany
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- Synthetic Chemistry Group, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz D-55128 Germany
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- Synthetic Chemistry Group, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz D-55128 Germany
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Synthetic Chemistry Group, Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz D-55128 Germany
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- Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium
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- 1] Laboratory for Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee 3001 Belgium [2] Nano-Science Center/Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Yang E, Wang J, Diers JR, Niedzwiedzki DM, Kirmaier C, Bocian DF, Lindsey JS, Holten D. Probing electronic communication for efficient light-harvesting functionality: dyads containing a common perylene and a porphyrin, chlorin, or bacteriochlorin. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:1630-47. [PMID: 24484243 DOI: 10.1021/jp411629m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The synthesis, photophysical, redox, and molecular-orbital characteristics of three perylene-tetrapyrrole dyads were investigated to probe the efficacy of the arrays for use as light-harvesting constituents. Each dyad contains a common perylene-monoimide that is linked at the N-imide position via an arylethynyl group to the meso-position of the tetrapyrrole. The tetrapyrroles include a porphyrin, chlorin, and bacteriochlorin, which have zero, one, and two reduced pyrrole rings, respectively. The increased pyrrole-ring reduction results in a progressive red shift and intensification of the lowest-energy absorption band, as exemplified by benchmark monomers. The arylethyne linkage affords moderate perylene-tetrapyrrole electronic coupling in the dyads as evidenced by the optical, molecular-orbital, and redox properties of the components of the dyads versus the constituent parts. All three dyads in nonpolar solvents exhibit relatively fast (subpicosecond) energy transfer from the perylene to the tetrapyrrole. Competing charge-transfer processes are also absent in nonpolar solvents, but become active for both the chlorin and bacteriochlorin-containing dyads in polar solvents. Calculations of energy-transfer rates via the Förster, through-space mechanism reveal that these rates are, on average, 3-fold slower than the observed rates. Thus, the Dexter through-bond mechanism contributes more substantially than the through-space mechanism to energy transfer in the dyads. The electronic communication between the perylene and tetrapyrrole falls in a regime intermediate between those operative in other classes of perylene-tetrapyrrole dyads that have previously been studied.
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- Eunkyung Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri, 63130-4889, United States
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Villamaina D, Kelson MMA, Bhosale SV, Vauthey E. Excitation wavelength dependence of the charge separation pathways in tetraporphyrin-naphthalene diimide pentads. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:5188-200. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54871f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Synthesis and photophysical studies of triazine-linked porphyrin–perylene bisimide dyad with long-lived perylene triplet state. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang J, Yang E, Diers JR, Niedzwiedzki DM, Kirmaier C, Bocian DF, Lindsey JS, Holten D. Distinct Photophysical and Electronic Characteristics of Strongly Coupled Dyads Containing a Perylene Accessory Pigment and a Porphyrin, Chlorin, or Bacteriochlorin. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:9288-304. [DOI: 10.1021/jp405004d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Jieqi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Riverside, California 92521-0403,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Riverside, California 92521-0403,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889,
United States
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Mas-Torrent M, Rovira C, Veciana J. Surface-confined electroactive molecules for multistate charge storage information. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:462-468. [PMID: 23427338 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Bi-stable molecular systems with potential for applications in binary memory devices are raising great interest for device miniaturization. Particular appealing are those systems that operate with electrical inputs since they are compatible with existing electronic technologies. The processing of higher memory densities in these devices could be accomplished by increasing the number of memory states in each cell, although this strategy has not been much explored yet. Here we highlight the recent advances devoted to the fabrication of charge-storage molecular surface-confined devices exhibiting multiple states. Mainly, this goal has been realized immobilizing a variety (or a combination) of electroactive molecules on a surface, although alternative approaches employing non-electroactive systems have also been described. Undoubtedly, the use of molecules with chemically tunable properties and nanoscale dimensions are raising great hopes for the devices of the future in which molecules can bring new perspectives such as multistability.
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- M Mas-Torrent
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and Networking Research Center on Bioengineering Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus de la UAB, 08193-Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain.
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Heek T, Nikolaus J, Schwarzer R, Fasting C, Welker P, Licha K, Herrmann A, Haag R. An Amphiphilic Perylene Imido Diester for Selective Cellular Imaging. Bioconjug Chem 2013; 24:153-8. [DOI: 10.1021/bc3005655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Timm Heek
- Institut für Chemie und
Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Molekulare
Biophysik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Molekulare
Biophysik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und
Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- mivenion GmbH, Robert-Koch-Platz
4, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- mivenion GmbH, Robert-Koch-Platz
4, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Molekulare
Biophysik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und
Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Lange KM, Kothe A, Aziz EF. Chemistry in solution: recent techniques and applications using soft X-ray spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:5331-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp24028a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Suzuki S, Kozaki M, Nozaki K, Okada K. Recent progress in controlling photophysical processes of donor–acceptor arrays involving perylene diimides and boron-dipyrromethenes. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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