Abstract
The excitation-energy-hopping (EEH) times within two-dimensional cyclic zinc(II)-porphyrin arrays 5 and 6, which were prepared by intermolecular coordination and ring-closing metathesis reaction of olefins, were deduced by modeling the EEH process based on the anisotropy depolarization as well as the exciton-exciton annihilation dynamics. Assuming the number of energy-hopping sites N=5 and 6, the two different experimental observables, that is, anisotropy depolarization and exciton-excition annihilation times, consistently give the EEH times of 8.0 ±0.5 and 5.3±0.6ps through the 1,3-phenylene linkages of 5 and 6, respectively. Accordingly, the self-assembled cyclic porphyrin arrays have proven to be well-defined two-dimensional models for natural light-harvesting complexes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3753-3761 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemistry - A European Journal |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 6 Jun 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Energy transfer
- Femtosecond transient absorption
- Fluorescence spectroscopy
- Polarization anisotropy
- Porphyrinoias