Supramolecular approach towards light-harvesting materials based on porphyrins and chlorophylls

J Otsuki - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes that supplies the energy required for
the survival of all living things. The initial process is the absorption of sunlight by a …

Formation of two-dimensional supramolecular polymers by amphiphilic pyrene oligomers.

M Vybornyi, AV Rudnev… - Angewandte …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Reading the bands: Amphiphilic pyrene trimers self‐assemble into two‐dimensional,
supramolecular polymers in aqueous medium. Folding and aggregation processes are …

Hierarchal light-harvesting aggregates and their potential for solar energy applications

JL McHale - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
The tunable optical properties of self-assembled chromophores are exploited by
photosynthetic organisms to optimize their ability to harvest a broad range of the solar …

Self-assembled porphyrin nanofiber membrane-decorated alumina channels for enhanced photoelectric response

D Zhang, S Zhou, Y Liu, X Fan, M Zhang, J Zhai… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photoresponsive nanochannel systems whose ionic transportation properties can be
controlled by the photoelectric effect, such as for green chlorophyll pigments in plants, are …

Photoassisted salt-concentration-biased electricity generation using cation-selective porphyrin-based nanochannels membrane

D Zhang, Y Ren, X Fan, J Zhai, L Jiang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural sunlight is one kind of renewable energy that is considered likely to be ubiquitous at
the river-sea junction. Ingeniously engineering a photoassisted enhanced electricity capture …

Electron Cryo‐Microscopy of TPPS4⋅2HCl Tubes Reveals a Helical Organisation Explaining the Origin of their Chirality

JM Short, JA Berriman, C Kübel, Z El‐Hachemi… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of solar energy into heat, electricity or fuels to meet future changes in the
world's resources is currently an area of intense study and research.[1] Bionics offers …

Supramolecular Principles of Self-Assembly of Pophyrin Nanotubes. 1. Models of SWPNTs Based on 5, 10, 15, 20-Tetrakis (4'-sulfophenyl) porphine Zwitter-Ion

VB Sheinin, EV Bobritskaya, SA Shabunin… - …, 2014 - cyberleninka.ru
In this review self-assembling single-walled porphyrin nanotube (SWPNT) models, based on
the data of optical spectroscopy, small angle X-ray scattering and cryogenic transmission …

Structure and principles of self-assembly of giant “sea urchin” type sulfonatophenyl porphine aggregates

M Pleckaitis, F Habach, L Kontenis, G Steinbach… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Principles of molecular self-assembly into giant hierarchical structures of hundreds of
micrometers in size are studied in aggregates of meso-tetra (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphine …

Differing HOMO and LUMO mediated conduction in a porphyrin nanorod

BA Friesen, B Wiggins, JL McHale… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this communication we provide the first UHV-STM images and STM-based current−
voltage (I− V) and orbital mediated tunneling spectroscopy (OMTS) data on a self …

Exciton level structure and dynamics in tubular porphyrin aggregates

Y Wan, A Stradomska, S Fong, Z Guo… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We present an account of the optical properties of the Frenkel excitons in self-assembled
porphyrin tubular aggregates that represent an analog to natural photosynthetic antennae …