Zn pyro-pheophorbide a--fulleronicotine dyad; supramolecular self assembled donor-acceptor system for photoinduced charge separation

Jari S Kavakka; Sami Heikkinen; Ilkka Kilpeläinen; Nikolai V Tkachenko; Juho Helaja

doi:10.1039/b817701e

Zn pyro-pheophorbide a--fulleronicotine dyad; supramolecular self assembled donor-acceptor system for photoinduced charge separation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Feb 21:(7):758-60. doi: 10.1039/b817701e. Epub 2009 Jan 6.

Authors

Jari S Kavakka¹, Sami Heikkinen, Ilkka Kilpeläinen, Nikolai V Tkachenko, Juho Helaja

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I Virtasen aukio 1, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014, Finland.

PMID: 19322432
DOI: 10.1039/b817701e

Abstract

Zn pyro-pheophorbide a and fulleronicotine form in nonpolar solvents a supramolecular self-assembled electron donor-acceptor dyad, which performs fast photoinduced charge separation (0.5 ps) and slow recombination (>1 ns) as evidenced by photochemical studies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Absorption
Electron Transport
Fluorescence
Fullerenes / chemistry*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Nicotine / analogs & derivatives*
Nicotine / chemistry
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Photochemical Processes*

Substances

Fullerenes
Organometallic Compounds
fulleronicotine
zinc pyro-pheophorbide
Nicotine