Abstract
The excitation energy hopping (EEH) in a dodecameric porphyrin box (TB2) prepared by self-assembly of four meso-meso linked zinc(II) triporphyrin (T2)s is explored by picosecond fluorescence and femtosecond transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy. The exciton-exciton annihilation and anisotropy depolarization observed in both fluorescence and TA provide a consistent EEH rate, i.e. 300 ± 20 ps-1, assuming Förster energy hopping among four T2 units in TB2. The observed energy hopping time 300 ± 20 ps-1 is slower than the previous 98 ± 3 ps-1 of B2 (an octameric porphyrin box), even though the size of hopping unit is larger in TB2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 130-139 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry |
| Volume | 178 |
| Issue number | 2-3 SPEC. ISS. |
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| State | Published - 20 Mar 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Coupling energy matrix
- Excitation energy hopping (EEH)
- Exciton coupling
- Exciton-exciton annihilation
- Self-assembled porphyrin array
- Transient absorption anisotropy (TAA)