Spectroscopic and theoretical insights on effective and selective non-covalent binding between fullerenes (C60 and C70) and a designed diporphyrin in solution

What is it about?

The study reports the photophysical insights behind effective non-covalent interaction between a designed diporphyrin and fullerenes C60 and C70 in toluene.

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Why is it important?

Studies on non-covalently linked donor–acceptor dyads are topic of current interest because of their potential applications in constructing photovoltaic devices and to mimic the primary events of photosynthetic reaction centers. Fullerenes as the electron acceptor in these dyads are particularly appealing because of their unique three-dimensional structure, excellent electron acceptor property and a small reorganization energy involved in electron transfer reactions.

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