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Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
The retention of photochemical properties of individual chromophores is a key feature of biological light harvesting complexes. This is achieved despite extensive aggregation of the chromophores, which in synthetic chromophore assemblies often yields a change in spectral characteristics. As an alter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26680651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09095d |
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author | Quan, Wen-Dong Pitto-Barry, Anaïs Baker, Lewis A. Stulz, Eugen Napier, Richard O'Reilly, Rachel K. Stavros, Vasilios G. |
author_facet | Quan, Wen-Dong Pitto-Barry, Anaïs Baker, Lewis A. Stulz, Eugen Napier, Richard O'Reilly, Rachel K. Stavros, Vasilios G. |
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description | The retention of photochemical properties of individual chromophores is a key feature of biological light harvesting complexes. This is achieved despite extensive aggregation of the chromophores, which in synthetic chromophore assemblies often yields a change in spectral characteristics. As an alternative approach towards mimicking biological light harvesting complexes, we report the synthesis of porphyrin assemblies which retained the photochemical properties of the individual chromophore units despite their substantial aggregation. These new materials highlight a new bottom-up approach towards the design and understanding of more complex biomimetic and naturally occurring biological systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-47209342016-02-09 Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies Quan, Wen-Dong Pitto-Barry, Anaïs Baker, Lewis A. Stulz, Eugen Napier, Richard O'Reilly, Rachel K. Stavros, Vasilios G. Chem Commun (Camb) Chemistry The retention of photochemical properties of individual chromophores is a key feature of biological light harvesting complexes. This is achieved despite extensive aggregation of the chromophores, which in synthetic chromophore assemblies often yields a change in spectral characteristics. As an alternative approach towards mimicking biological light harvesting complexes, we report the synthesis of porphyrin assemblies which retained the photochemical properties of the individual chromophore units despite their substantial aggregation. These new materials highlight a new bottom-up approach towards the design and understanding of more complex biomimetic and naturally occurring biological systems. Royal Society of Chemistry 2016-01-31 2015-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4720934/ /pubmed/26680651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09095d Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Quan, Wen-Dong Pitto-Barry, Anaïs Baker, Lewis A. Stulz, Eugen Napier, Richard O'Reilly, Rachel K. Stavros, Vasilios G. Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies |
title | Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
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title_full | Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
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title_fullStr | Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
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title_full_unstemmed | Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
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title_short | Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies
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title_sort | retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26680651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09095d |
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