porphyrins

Global aromaticity at the nanoscale
Does aromaticity have a size limit? Evidence is presented for global aromaticity in porphyrin nanorings with circuits of up to 162 …
March 2020 Nature Chemistry
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Global aromaticity at the nanoscale
Mechanisms of IR amplification in radical cation polarons
Break down of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation is caused by mixing of electronic and vibrational transitions in the radical cations …
January 2020 Chem. Sci.
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Mechanisms of IR amplification in radical cation polarons
Time-Resolved Structural Dynamics of Extended π-Electron Porphyrin Nanoring
The design of molecular structures inspired by naturally occuring light harvesting systems has been intensely pursued over the last …
November 2019 J. Phys. Chem. C
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Time-Resolved Structural Dynamics of Extended π-Electron Porphyrin Nanoring
Probing the orientation of porphyrin oligomers in a liquid crystal solvent – a triplet state electron paramagnetic resonance study
Linear porphyrin oligomers have found various applications as synthetic molecular wires in the context of light harvesting, solar …
October 2019 Molecular Physics
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Probing the orientation of porphyrin oligomers in a liquid crystal solvent – a triplet state electron paramagnetic resonance study
Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in the Excited States of Porphyrin Nanorings
Aromaticity can be a useful concept for predicting the behavior of excited states. Here we show that π-conjugated porphyrin nanorings …
April 2019 J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
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Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in the Excited States of Porphyrin Nanorings
Global Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Porphyrin Nanoring Anions
Doping, through oxidation or reduction, is often used to modify the properties of π-conjugated oligomers. In most cases, the resulting …
January 2019 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Global Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Porphyrin Nanoring Anions
Band Structures of Periodic Porphyrin Nanostructures
Recent progress in the synthesis of π-conjugated porphyrin arrays of different shapes and dimensionalities motivates us to examine the …
October 2018 J. Phys. Chem. C
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Band Structures of Periodic Porphyrin Nanostructures
Template-Directed Synthesis of a Conjugated Zinc Porphyrin Nanoball
We report the template-directed synthesis of a π-conjugated 14-porphyrin nanoball. This structure consists of two intersecting …
April 2018 J. Am. Chem. Soc.
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Template-Directed Synthesis of a Conjugated Zinc Porphyrin Nanoball
Detection of a weak ring current in a nonaromatic porphyrin nanoring using magnetic circular dichroism
We compare the absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of a series of porphyrin oligomers – dimer, tetramer, and …
December 2017 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
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Detection of a weak ring current in a nonaromatic porphyrin nanoring using magnetic circular dichroism
Electronic Delocalization in the Radical Cations of Porphyrin Oligomer Molecular Wires
The radical cations of a family of π-conjugated porphyrin arrays have been investigated: linear chains of N = 1–6 porphyrins, a …
August 2017 J. Am. Chem. Soc.
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Electronic Delocalization in the Radical Cations of Porphyrin Oligomer Molecular Wires