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  • Title: Study of non-covalent interaction between a designed monoporphyrin and fullerenes (C60 and C70) in absence and presence of silver nanoparticles.
    Author: Mitra R, Bauri AK, Bhattacharya S.
    Journal: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc; 2012 Oct; 96():485-92. PubMed ID: 22728285.
    Abstract:
    The present article reports on supramolecular interaction between fullerenes (C(60) and C(70)) and a designed monoporphyrin, e.g., 5,15-di(para-methoxyphenyl)zincporphyrin (1), in absence and presence of silver nanoparticles (AgNp) having diameter of ~3-7 nm in toluene. While UV-Vis studies establish the ground state electronic interaction between fullerenes and 1 in absence and presence of AgNp, steady state fluorescence experiment enables us to determine the value of binding constant (K) for the fullerene-1 complexes in solution. Steady state fluorescence measurement reveals that reduction in the K value takes place for both C(60)-1 (K=1560 dm(3) mol(-1)) and C(70)-1 systems (K=14,970 dm(3) mol(-1)) in presence of AgNp, i.e., K C(60)(-1)=1445 dm(3) mol(-1) and Kc(60-)(1)=14,550 dm(3) mol(-1). SEM measurements establish formation of surface holes in fullerene-1-AgNp structure. Both SEM and dynamic light scattering measurement demonstrates that the electrostatic attraction between porphyrin-based supramolecules and AgNp is very much responsible behind the formation of larger aggregates. Quantum chemical calculations evoke the single projection geometric structures of the fullerene-1 complexes in vacuo and well interpret the alignment of the C(60) and C(70) molecule with the flat -belt region of 1.
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