Photoinduced electron transfer in zinc phthalocyanine loaded on single-walled carbon nanohorns in aqueous solution.

Sandanayaka, Atula S D; Ito, Osamu; Zhang, Minfang; Ajima, Kumiko; Iijima, Sumio; Yudasaka, Masako; Murakami, Tatsuya; Tsuchida, Kunihiro · Adv Mater · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Notable electronic communication within ZnPc-SWNHox nanoensembles, where ZnPc is zinc phthalocyanine and SWNHox is an oxidized single-walled nanohorn, in both the ground and excited states is revealed by steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy measurements. The details of electron transfer reported here with time-resolved absorption and fluorescence measurements may broaden the use of SWNHox nanoensembles in photochemistry and photobiology.