Amy L. McCarty

TL;DR: The first example of a working model of the photosynthetic antenna-reaction center complex, constructed via self-assembled supramolecular methodology, is reported, and it is reported that the important feature of the present model system is its relative "simplicity".

TL;DR: In this article, photo-induced charge-separation and charge-recombination processes were examined in the dyads and triads by means of time-resolved transient absorption and fluorescence lifetime measurements.

TL;DR: Two types of structurally well-defined, self-assembled zinc porphyrin-fullerene conjugates were formed by "two-point" binding strategies to probe the effect of axial ligation or pi-pi-type interactions on the photochemical charge stabilization in the supramolecular dyads.

TL;DR: Spectroscopic, redox, and electron transfer reactions of a self-assembled donor-acceptor dyad formed by axial coordination of magnesium meso-tetraphenylporphyrin and fulleropyrrolidine appended with an imidazole coordinating ligand were investigated and suggested an excellent opportunity to utilize the charge-separated state for further electron-mediating processes.

TL;DR: Electrochemical analyses indicate that the N-benzylated meso-tetra (oxo-cyclohexadienylidene) porphyrinogens can be considered as quinones conjugated via the unsaturated tetrapyrrolic macrocycle and ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the B3LYP/3-21G() level confirmed the high degree of conjugation.