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Nanoscale Integration of Sensitizing Chromophores and Porphyrins with Bacteriophage MS2
Author(s) -
Stephanopoulos Nicholas,
Carrico Zachary M.,
Francis Matthew B.
Publication year - 2009
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.200902727
Subject(s) - porphyrin , chromophore , nanoscopic scale , energy transfer , nanotechnology , fluorescence , bacteriophage , zinc , förster resonance energy transfer , computer science , chemistry , photochemistry , materials science , physics , optics , chemical physics , escherichia coli , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene
Harnessing energy from within : Energy transfer from the inside to the outside of MS2 capsids modified by positioning fluorescent dyes and a photocatalytic zinc porphyrin on their surfaces (see picture) enabled sensitization of the porphyrin at multiple wavelengths and thus broad‐spectrum catalytic activity.