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Back Cover: Furan‐ and Thiophene‐Based Auxochromes Red‐shift Chlorin Absorptions and Enable Oxidative Chlorin Polymerizations (Chem. Eur. J. 17/2017)
Author(s) -
Xiong Ruisheng,
Bornhof AnnaBea,
Arkhypchuk Anna I.,
Orthaber Andreas,
Borbas K. Eszter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201605732
Subject(s) - chlorin , thiophene , photochemistry , polymerization , chemistry , furan , polymer , artificial photosynthesis , materials science , photocatalysis , organic chemistry , porphyrin , catalysis
Synthetic hydroporphyrins (chlorins) carrying two thienyl groups can be electropolymerized to films that absorb light across the entire visible range. The films absorb particularly strongly in the blue and the red. Soluble polymers with similar features were obtained by chemical co‐polymerization of the chlorins with hexylthiophene. Such materials are of potential interest for light‐harvesting applications, for example in artificial photosynthesis. The background of the picture was drawn using a photograph by Jean‐Pierre Dalbéra. More information can be found in the Full Paper by A. Orthaber and E. Borbas, et al. on page 4089 ff.