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Face‐to‐Face Alignment of Porphyrin/Fullerene Nanowires Linked by Axial Metal Coordination
Author(s) -
Xu Hua,
Zheng Jianyu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201000162
Subject(s) - porphyrin , nanowire , fullerene , metal , materials science , crystallography , carboxylate , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer chemistry , photochemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy
A general approach to construct one‐dimensional face‐to‐face alignment of porphyrin/fullerene nanowires has been developed. This system uses extended trans‐ dihydroxotin(IV) porphyrin and trans‐ dicarboxylate‐substituted [60]fullerenoacetic diacid compounds. The nanowires are arranged in regular one‐dimensional linear arrays with lengths in the range 50–300 nm. In the nanowires, each fullerene unit is axially coordinated to the central metal ion of a Sn(IV) porphyrin unit via Sn‐carboxylate coordination and forms a face‐to‐face aligned structure. The synthesis and the hierarchical structure of nanowires have been investigated. They could have potential applications for photoelectronic devices, organic solar cells and so on.