HETEROSUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY - SELF-ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRON-DONOR (TIO2 NANOCRYSTALLITE)-ACCEPTOR (VIOLOGEN) COMPLEX

Authors
CUSACK L RAO SN FITZMAURICE D
Citation
L. Cusack et al., HETEROSUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY - SELF-ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRON-DONOR (TIO2 NANOCRYSTALLITE)-ACCEPTOR (VIOLOGEN) COMPLEX, Chemistry, 3(2), 1997, pp. 202-207
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09476539
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
202 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-6539(1997)3:2<202:HC-SOA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A TiO2 nanocrystallite has been modified to recognise and selectively bind, by complementary hydrogen bonding, a uracil substrate incorporat ing a viologen moiety. Band-gap excitation of the self-assembled donor (TiO2 nanocrystallite)- acceptor (viologen) complex results in electr on transfer. Some implications of these findings for the self-assembly of functional nanostructures containing both condensed phase and mole cular components are considered.