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Reversible Self‐Organization of Semisynthetic Zinc Chlorins into Well‐Defined Rod Antennae
Author(s) -
Huber Valerie,
Katterle Martin,
Lysetska Marina,
Würthner Frank
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462762
Subject(s) - zinc , polymerization , chlorin , solubility , chemistry , materials science , photochemistry , nanotechnology , polymer , porphyrin , organic chemistry
Biomimetic light‐harvesting antennae are made available by noncovalent polymerization of semisynthetic zinc chlorins. The excellent solubility and the prolonged stability of the zinc chlorin aggregates enables spectroscopic investigation of their reversible formation (see picture). The rod‐shaped structure of these aggregates is experimentally confirmed by atomic force microscopy.