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Excitation energy migration in a dodecameric porphyrin box

  • In Wook Hwang
  • , Zin Seok Yoon
  • , Jiwon Kim
  • , Taisuke Kamada
  • , Tae Kyu Ahn
  • , Naoki Aratani
  • , Atsuhiro Osuka
  • , Dongho Kim
  • Yonsei University
  • University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Kyoto University

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)130-139
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Volume178
Issue number2-3 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coupling energy matrix
  • Excitation energy hopping (EEH)
  • Exciton coupling
  • Exciton-exciton annihilation
  • Self-assembled porphyrin array
  • Transient absorption anisotropy (TAA)

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