Retaining individualities: the photodynamics of self-ordering porphyrin assemblies.

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Porphyrin light-harvesting arrays constructed in the recombinant tobacco mosaic virus scaffold.

We have demonstrated the construction of multiple porphyrin arrays in the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) supramolecular structures by self-assembly of recombinant TMV coat protein (TMVCP) monomers, in which Zn-coordinated porphyrin (ZnP) and free-base porphyrin (FbP) were site-selectively incorporated. The photophysical properties of porphyrin moieties incorporated in the TMV assemblies were also c...

Porphyrin Diacid-Polyelectrolyte Assemblies: Effective Photocatalysts in Solution

Developing effective and versatile photocatalytic systems is of great potential in solar energy conversion. Here we investigate the formation of supramolecular catalysts by electrostatic self-assembly in aqueous solution: Combining positively charged porphyrins with negatively charged polyelectrolytes leads to nanoscale assemblies where, next to electrostatic interactions, π–π interactions also...

Coordinative self-assembly and solution-phase X-ray structural characterization of cavity-tailored porphyrin boxes.

Combining linear Zn porphyrin trimers with orthogonally derivatized porphyrin dimers leads rapidly and spontaneously to the formation of monodisperse, torsionally constrained boxes comprising six components and a total of 16 metalloporphyrins. In situ X-ray scattering measurements confirm the formation of monodisperse assemblies of precisely the size expected from model box structures. While si...

Solvent-dependent amplification of chirality in assemblies of porphyrin trimers based on benzene tricarboxamide.

Self-assembling achiral and chiral porphyrin trimers based on benzene tricarboxamide exhibit amplification of chirality only in solvents in which the assemblies are dynamic enough to rearrange their constituting components.