Una rueda de porfirina dodecamérica.

Xiaobin Peng1, Naoki Aratani, Akihiko Takagi

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

Resumen

Los investigadores crearon una rueda de porfirina dodecamérica utilizando el acoplamiento promovido por la plata. La microscopía de túnel de exploración y las mediciones de anisotropía transitorio femtosegundo revelaron un eficiente salto de energía a lo largo de la matriz de porfirina.

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