Cargando…

The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update

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 bui...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Magna, Gabriele, Monti, Donato, Di Natale, Corrado, Paolesse, Roberto, Stefanelli, Manuela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31779097
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234307
_version_ 1783482920944533504
author Magna, Gabriele
Monti, Donato
Di Natale, Corrado
Paolesse, Roberto
Stefanelli, Manuela
author_facet Magna, Gabriele
Monti, Donato
Di Natale, Corrado
Paolesse, Roberto
Stefanelli, Manuela
author_sort Magna, Gabriele
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6930562
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-69305622019-12-26 The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update Magna, Gabriele Monti, Donato Di Natale, Corrado Paolesse, Roberto Stefanelli, Manuela Molecules Review 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. MDPI 2019-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6930562/ /pubmed/31779097 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234307 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Review
Magna, Gabriele
Monti, Donato
Di Natale, Corrado
Paolesse, Roberto
Stefanelli, Manuela
The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title_full The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title_fullStr The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title_full_unstemmed The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title_short The Assembly of Porphyrin Systems in Well-Defined Nanostructures: An Update
title_sort assembly of porphyrin systems in well-defined nanostructures: an update
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31779097
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234307
work_keys_str_mv AT magnagabriele theassemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT montidonato theassemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT dinatalecorrado theassemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT paolesseroberto theassemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT stefanellimanuela theassemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT magnagabriele assemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT montidonato assemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT dinatalecorrado assemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT paolesseroberto assemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate
AT stefanellimanuela assemblyofporphyrinsystemsinwelldefinednanostructuresanupdate