Face-to-Face Alignment of Porphyrin/Fullerene Nanowires Linked by Axial Metal Coordination

✍ Scribed by Hua Xu; Jianyu Zheng

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 577 KB
• Volume: 211
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1352
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201000162

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A general approach to construct one‐dimensional face‐to‐face alignment of porphyrin/fullerene nanowires has been developed. This system uses extended __trans‐__dihydroxotin(IV) porphyrin and __trans‐__dicarboxylate‐substituted [60]fullerenoacetic diacid compounds. The nanowires are arranged in regular one‐dimensional linear arrays with lengths in the range 50–300 nm. In the nanowires, each fullerene unit is axially coordinated to the central metal ion of a Sn(IV) porphyrin unit via Sn‐carboxylate coordination and forms a face‐to‐face aligned structure. The synthesis and the hierarchical structure of nanowires have been investigated. They could have potential applications for photoelectronic devices, organic solar cells and so on.

magnified image