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

Authors
CUSACK L MARGUERETTAZ X RAO SN WENGER J FITZMAURICE D
Citation
L. Cusack et al., HETEROSUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY - SELF-ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRON-DONOR (TIO2 NANOCRYSTALLITE)-ACCEPTOR (VIOLOGEN) COMPLEX, Chemistry of materials, 9(8), 1997, pp. 1765-1772
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Material Science
Journal title
Chemistry of materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
08974756
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1765 - 1772
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-4756(1997)9:8<1765:HC-SOA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A TiO2 nanocrystallite has been modified to selectively bind, by compl ementary hydrogen bonding, a uracil substrate incorporating a viologen moiety. Bandgap excitation of the self-assembled donor (TiO2 nanocrys tallite)-acceptor (viologen) complex results in electron transfer. Som e implications of these findings for the self-assembly of functional n anostructures containing both condensed phase and molecular components are considered.