快速的分子内孔跳跃在线性和循环式多氨基基基阵列中,与美索-美索和元烯相关联
Thea M Wilson1, Takaaki Hori, Min-Chul Yoon
1Department of Chemistry and Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 7, 2010
概括
研究人员使用EPR和ENDOR光谱学研究了色素阵列中的洞跳. 即使在非最佳电子合的情况下也观察到快速孔传输,从而扩大了电荷传输系统的可能性.
科学领域:
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
- 摄影化学的使用.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 色素阵列对于开发高效的电荷传输系统至关重要.
- 了解分子内孔跳是设计这些系统的关键.
- 多聚氨酸阵列中的电子合会影响电荷传输动态.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究各种紫阵列中的分子内孔跳跃.
- 为了确定孔运输的速率和机制.
- 评估连接器类型 (meso-meso和meta-phenylene) 对电荷运输的影响.
主要方法:
- 合成色氨酸二聚体,四聚体和十二聚体环阵列.
- 氨酸阵列的单一氧化.
- 电子偏磁共振 (EPR) 光谱检测探测孔跳跃.
- 电子核双共振 (ENDOR) 光谱仪用于详细的二次分析.
主要成果:
- 在二次数和四次数中观察到快速的洞跳 (>10^7 s^-1 在290 K)
- 孔运输发生在290 K的十二角环中的8-12个氨酸中,但在180 K时减速.
- 尽管通过meta-phenyl桥梁和 meso-meso链接实现了非最佳的电子合,但仍然实现了高效的洞跳.
结论:
- 在甲阵列中跳跃的分子内部孔是非常高效的,即使电子合较弱.
- 这些发现扩大了设计远程收费运输系统的结构可能性.
- 这项研究为制造量身定制的分子电子设备提供了基础.
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