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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
Published on: May 15, 2018
Spectroscopic and theoretical insights on effective and selective non-covalent binding between fullerenes (C60 and
Sibayan Mukherjee1, Ajoy K Bauri, Sumanta Bhattacharya
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan 713 104, India.
Abstract:
The present work reports the photophysical insights behind effective non-covalent interaction between a designed diporphyrin (1) and fullerenes C60 and C70 in toluene. Ground state electronic interaction between fullerenes and 1 is evidenced from UV-Vis measurements in which it is observed that the intensity of the Soret absorption band of 1 is decreased considerably in presence of both C60 and C70. Steady state fluorescence studies reveal efficient quenching of the fluorescence intensity of 1 in presence of fullerenes. Evaluation of binding constants for the fullerene/1 systems evoke that 1 may be employed as an efficient molecular tweezers for C70 in toluene as selectivity in binding is determined to be ∼9.4. Time resolved emission studies establish relatively long-lived charge separated state for the C70/1 system in comparison to C60/1. Molecular mechanics calculations by force field method in vacuo interpret well regarding stability difference between C60 and C70 complexes of 1 and give formidable support in favor of side-on orientation motif of C70 towards the plane of 1 during non-covalent complexation process.
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