A Synthetic Approach of New Trans-Substituted Hydroxylporphyrins

The synthesis of new trans A2B2-substituted porphyrins bearing oxygenic substituent (methoxy, acetoxy, hydroxy) at the periphery of the ring are described. All of the synthesized products were characterized by 1H-N.M.R., 13C-N.M.R., and H.R.M.S. Electrochemical studies revealed two one-electron oxidations and two reductions. In addition, the X-ray structure of one methoxy-derivative was determined

New hybrid materials with porphyrin-ferrocene and porphyrin-pyrene covalently linked to single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Novel porphyrin derivatives bearing additional pyrene or ferrocene units as light harvesting antenna systems were synthesized and fully characterized. Following a covalent functionalization approach for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), stable SWCNT suspensions in common organic solvents 10 were produced. Subsequently, the resulting porphyrin-pyrene and porphyrin-ferrocene dyads were incorporated onto the nanotubes' backbone yielding donor-donor-acceptor hybrids. The resulting hybrid materials were soluble in common organic solvents and were characterized using micro-Raman, ATR-IR, UV-Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and εlectrochemistry. Photoluminescence quenching of the porphyrin emission in both hybrid 15 materials was detected thus suggesting the potentiality of these materials in photoelectrochemical cells

A covalently linked nickel(II) porphyrin–ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridyl) dyad for efficient photocatalytic water oxidation

Article describes how photocatalytic water splitting into H2 and O2 has attracted significant scientific interest for solar energy conversion applications during the last two decades. Authors of the article further elaborate that One of the half-reactions of this process, water oxidation, is known to be the key step in natural and artificial photosynthesis to convert and store solar energy

Propagation-enhanced generation of intense high-harmonic continua in the 100-eV spectral region

The study of core electron dynamics through nonlinear spectroscopy requires intense isolated attosecond extreme ultraviolet or even X-ray pulses. A robust way to produce these pulses is high-harmonic generation (HHG) in a gas medium. However, the energy upscaling of the process depends on a very demanding next-generation laser technology that provides multi-terawatt (TW) laser pulses with few-optical-cycle duration and controlled electric field. Here, we revisit the HHG process driven by 16-TW sub-two-cycle laser pulses to reach high intensity in the 100-eV spectral region and beyond. We show that the combination of above barrier-suppression intensity with a long generation medium significantly enhances the isolation of attosecond pulses compared to lower intensities and/or shorter media and this way reduces the pulse duration as well as field-stability requirements on the laser driver. This novel regime facilitates the real-time observation of electron dynamics at the attosecond timescale in atoms, molecules, and solids