Supramolecular effects in dendritic systems containing photoactive groups

Supramolecular effects in dendritic systems containing photoactive groups

In this article are described dendritic structures containing photoactive groups at the surface or in the core. The observed supramolecular effects can be attributed to the nature of the photoactive group and their location in the dendritic architecture. The peripheric azobenzene groups in these dendrimeric compounds can be regarded as single residues that retain the spectroscopic and photochem...

Photoactive assemblies of organic compounds and biomolecules: drug-protein supramolecular systems.

The properties of singlet and triplet excited states are strongly medium-dependent. Hence, these species constitute valuable tools as reporters to probe compartmentalised microenvironments, including drug@protein supramolecular systems. In the present review, the attention is focused on the photophysical properties of the probe drugs (rather than those of the protein chromophores) using transpo...

Supramolecular Assemblies of Cucurbiturils with Photoactive, π‐conjugated Chromophores

Supramolecular assemblies of cucurbituril (CBn) homologues with p-conjugated chromophores will be overviewed. Special emphasis will be given to the effect of CBn on the optical properties of conjugated oligomers and polymers. How supramolecular complexes of p-conjugated chromophores including porphyrin derivatives, conjugated oligomers and polymers with CBn could be utilized in the theranostic ...

Supramolecular Bacterial Systems

A photoactive molecular triad as a nanoscale power supply for a supramolecular machine.

A tetrathiafulvalene-porphyrin-fullerene (TTF-P-C(60)) molecular triad, which generates electrical current by harnessing light energy when self-assembled onto gold electrodes, has been developed. The triad, composed of three unique electroactive components, namely, 1) an electron-donating TTF unit, 2) a chromophoric porphyrin unit, and 3) an electron-accepting C(60) unit, has been synthesized i...