Conformation Analysis and Thermodynamics of Binding Behavior of DABCO to p/p type Dimeric Porphyrin Hosts

The binding conformations of bidentate ligand DABCO(1,4-diazobicyclo [2,2,2]octane) to a series of p'p type zinc porphyrin dimers covalently linked with flexible alkoxy chain - O(CH2)(n)O- (n=2-10) are described by H-1 NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy. DABCO can bind inside the cavities of porphyrin dimers and form a ternary sandwich complex as the alkoxy chain length is long enough. The thermodynamic parameters which control the binding behavior are investigated.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Property of Nanometer Porphyrin Dimer

A nanometer porphyrin dimer was synthesized with fumaryl chloride as a bridge-linked reagent. The characterization was carried out with elemental analyses, ^1H NMR, UV-Vis, and IR spectrometries, and then the electrochemical properties of the porphyrins were studied. The authors found that there was moderate electronic communication between the two porphyrin rings in the nanometer porphyrin dimer.

Fluorescence Properties of Porphyrin Dimers Incorporating an Anhydride Linker

A preliminary study on a novel free base porphyrin dimer and a zinc prophyrin dimer by comparing their fluorescence properties with those of the corresponding monomers is presented. The fluorescence intensity of the free base dimer is five times higher than that of the monomer, but the fluorescence intensity of the zinc porphyrin dimer is nearly similar to that of the zinc porphyrin monomer. The emission spectra show that energy transfer occurs between the two units.

STEROID-BISPORPHYRIN. A NOVEL PORPHYRIN DIMER AS ENZYME MODEL

In the present communcation a novel steroid-bisporphyrin model compound has been synthesized. The configuration of which is also presented.

Dynamic Assemblies and Photophysical Changes of Zinc Porphyrin Dimer Regulated by N-Containing Ligands

Zinc porphyrin dimer （1） has been designed and synthesized as a novel host of N-containing ligands. The assembly behavior and photophysical changes of its host-guest complexes were evaluated by IH NMR, fluorescence, and UV-visible titrations, and the processes reveal that the host-guest assembly first creates a stable sandwich complex, then an axial coordination equilibrium appears between the sandwich complex and free ligand. The changes of absorption spectra of the assembly processes rely on the stabilities of the complexes, and fluorescence quenching depends on the axial coordination equilibrium, which indicates that the axial ligation/de-ligation dynamics is indeed a pathway from the excited state to the ground state for metalloporphyrin complexes.

Strong near-infrared and ultrafast femtosecond nonlinearities of a covalently-linked triply-fused porphyrin dimer-SWCNT nanohybrid

Functional materials displaying large ultrafast third-order optical nonlinearities across a wide spectral region and broad temporal domain are required for all-optical signal processing.Particularly desirable is nonlinear optical(NLO)activity at near-infrared(NIR)wavelengths with femtosecond pulses.Herein the first triply-fused porphyrin dimer(TFP)-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube(SWCNT)nanohybrid was successfully constructed by covalently grafting TFPs onto SWCNT.The results of Z-scan techniques demonstrate that the newly obtained TFP-SWCNT nanohybrid was found with a strong NLO performance under both nanosecond and femtosecond irradiation.In the nanosecond regime,an enhancement in optical limiting(OL)of the TFP-SWCNT nanohybrid is seen at 532 nm when compared with the performance of porphyrin monomer-functionalized SWCNT nanohybrid Por-SWCNT.Under femtosecond irradiation,the TFP-SWCNT nanohybrid exhibits a particularly strong OL effect with a giant two-photon absorption(TPA)cross section value(ca.15,500 GM)at 800 nm pulses that mainly stems from intense TPA of TFP,in sharp contrast to the Por-SWCNT nanohybrid which exhibits only saturable absorption under identical irradiation.These results demonstrate that the newly-developed TFP-SWCNT nanohybrid is a very promising OL candidate for practical applications across wide spectral and temporal domains,and that covalently functionalizing carbon-based materials with triply-fused chromophores may be a useful approach to engineering adaptable photonic devices with broad-ranging NLO activity.

Colorimetric Artificial Nose for Identification of Breath Volatile Organic Compounds of Patients with Lung Cancer

A novel and highly sensitive colorimetric sensor array was developed for the detection and identification of breath volatile organic compounds（VOCs） of patients with lung cancer.Employing dimeric metalloporphyrins,metallosalphen complexes,and chemically responsive dyes as the sensing elements,the developed sensor array of artificial nose shows a unique pattern of colorific changes upon its exposure to eight less-reactive VOCs and their mixture gas at a concentration of 735 nmol/L within 3 min.Potential of quantitative analysis of VOCs samples was proved.A good linear relationship of 490-3675 nmol/L was obtained for benzene vapor with a detection limit of 49 nmol/L（S/N=3）.Data analysis was carried out by Hierarchical cluster analysis（HCA） and principal component analysis（PCA）.Each category of breath VOCs clusters together in the PCA score plot.No errors in classification by HCA were observed in 45 trials.Additionaly,the colorimetric sensor array showed good reproducibility under the cyclic sensing experiments.These results demonstrate that the developed colorimetric artificial nose system is an excellent sensing platform for the identification and quantitative analysis of breath VOCs of patients with lung cancer.