Photophysics of corroles and closely related systems for emergent solar energy, medicinal, and materials science applications

X Zhan, D Kim, Z Ullah, W Lee, Z Gross… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scientific research field of corrole systems has witnessed an explosion of interest in
recent years owing to unique optical and electronic properties that are very promising for …

Controlled growth of ordered monolayers of N-heterocyclic carbenes on silicon

M Franz, S Chandola, M Koy, R Zielinski… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are promising modifiers and anchors for surface
functionalization and offer some advantages over thiol-based systems. Because of their …

Toward efficient toxic-gas detectors: Exploring molecular interactions of sarin and dimethyl methylphosphonate with metal-centered phthalocyanine structures

H Aldahhak, P Powroźnik, P Pander… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The rapid and reliable detection of lethal agents such as sarin is of increasing importance.
Here, density-functional theory (DFT) is used to compare the interaction of sarin with single …

Tetracene ultrathin film growth on hydrogen-passivated silicon

J Niederhausen, RW MacQueen, K Lips, H Aldahhak… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Inorganic–organic interfaces are important for enhancing the power conversion efficiency of
silicon-based solar cells through singlet exciton fission (SF). We elucidated the structure of …

On-surface site-selective cyclization of corrole radicals

S Tebi, M Paszkiewicz, H Aldahhak, F Allegretti… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Radical cyclization is among the most powerful and versatile reactions for constructing mono-
and polycyclic systems, but has, to date, remained unexplored in the context of on-surface …

Coupled cluster and time-dependent density functional theory description of inner shell photoabsorption cross sections of molecules

BNC Tenorio, RR Oliveira… - Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Near K-edge photoabsorption cross section spectra of a number of molecules, namely,
water, ammonia, acetone, acetaldehyde, furan, and pyrrole, were obtained at the nitrogen …

Unraveling the oxidation and spin state of Mn–corrole through X-ray spectroscopy and quantum chemical analysis

M Paszkiewicz, T Biktagirov, H Aldahhak… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The interplay between Mn ions and corrole ligands gives rise to complex scenarios
regarding the metal centers' electronic properties expressing a range of high oxidation …

On-surface formation of a transient corrole radical and aromaticity-driven interfacial electron transfer

M Zugermeier, J Herritsch, JN Luy… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Corroles on metal surfaces show substantial reactivity and aromaticity-driven interfacial
electron transfer of their transient σ/π-radicals. These effects are much more pronounced …

Electronic structure of the surface from theory and photoemission spectroscopy

H Aldahhak, C Hogan, S Lindner, S Appelfeller… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The Si (111) 3× 3 R 30∘-B [Si (111)-B] surface has evolved into a particularly interesting
surface in the context of on-surface molecular self-assembly. Photoemission spectroscopy is …

Regioselective thiocyanation of corroles and the synthesis of gold nanoparticle–corrole assemblies

K Sahu, S Mondal, B Patra, T Pain, SK Patra… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we demonstrate a synthetic protocol for the regioselective thiocyanation of corroles.
To the best of our knowledge, thiocyanato appended corrole has never been reported …