Ball-, bowl-, and belt-shaped conjugated systems and their complexing abilities: exploration of the concave− convex π− π interaction

T Kawase, H Kurata - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of buckminsterfullerene C60 (Chart 1) by Kroto, Smalley, and Curl, 1-4 a
number of reports concerning new carbon allotropes having a variety of threedimensional …

Towards artificial photosynthesis: Supramolecular, donor–acceptor, porphyrin-and phthalocyanine/carbon nanostructure ensembles

G Bottari, O Trukhina, M Ince, T Torres - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The present review highlights the recent progresses in the preparation of supramolecular,
donor–acceptor (D–A) porphyrin (Por)-and phthalocyanine (Pc)/carbon nanostructure …

Supramolecular donor–acceptor hybrids of porphyrins/phthalocyanines with fullerenes/carbon nanotubes: electron transfer, sensing, switching, and catalytic …

F D'Souza, O Ito - Chemical Communications, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the three-dimensional electron-accepting fullerene has been found to be an excellent
building block for self-assembled supramolecular systems, we have investigated …

Harnessing the synergistic and complementary properties of fullerene and transition-metal compounds for nanomaterial applications

MA Lebedeva, TW Chamberlain… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
C60 fullerene is an icosahedrally shaped nanosized molecule and is a useful building block
to form various ordered functional nanostructures due to its size, shape, and …

Efficient photoinduced electron transfer in a porphyrin tripod− fullerene supramolecular complex via π− π interactions in nonpolar media

A Takai, M Chkounda, A Eggenspiller… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A novel porphyrin tripod (TPZn3) was synthesized via “click chemistry”. Three porphyrin
moieties of TPZn3 are geometrically close and linked by a flexible linker. The electron …

Self-assembled tetrapyrrole–fullerene and tetrapyrrole–carbon nanotube donor–acceptor hybrids for light induced electron transfer applications

R Chitta, F D'Souza - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
This review article highlights the recent progress made in the design and study of self-
assembled supramolecular architectures based on tetrapyrrole macrocycles as donors, and …

[HTML][HTML] The remarkable ability of B3LYP/3-21G (*) calculations to describe geometry, spectral and electrochemical properties of molecular and supramolecular …

ME Zandler, F D'Souza - Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2006 - Elsevier
In recent years, application of calculated density functional theory Kohn–Sham (DFT-KS)
orbitals and eigenvalues have gained increased popularity due to their ability to display and …

Hydrogen-Bonding-Driven Preorganized Zinc Porphyrin Receptors for Efficient Complexation of C60, C70, and C60 Derivatives

ZQ Wu, XB Shao, C Li, JL Hou, K Wang… - Journal of the …, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the self-assembly of a new class of foldamer-based molecular
tweezers, whose rigid folded conformations are stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen …

Photosynthetic antenna− reaction center mimicry: sequential energy-and electron transfer in a self-assembled supramolecular triad composed of boron dipyrrin, zinc …

E Maligaspe, NV Tkachenko… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A self-assembled supramolecular triad, a model to mimic the photochemical events of
photosynthetic antenna− reaction center, viz., sequential energy and electron transfer, has …

Multi-Triphenylamine-Substituted Porphyrin-Fullerene Conjugates as Charge Stabilizing “Antenna− Reaction Center” Mimics

F D'Souza, S Gadde, DMS Islam… - The Journal of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A new concept of charge stabilization via delocalization of the π-cation radical species over
the donor macrocycle substituents in a relatively simple donor− acceptor bearing …