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Breaking the Symmetry in Molecular Nanorings.

ABSTRACT: Because of their unique electronic properties, cyclic molecular structures ranging from benzene to natural light-harvesting complexes have received much attention. Rigid ?-conjugated templated porphyrin nanorings serve as excellent model systems here because they possess well-defined structures that can readily be controlled and because they support highly delocalized excitations. In this study, we have deliberately modified a series of six-porphyrin nanorings to examine the impact of lowering the rotational symmetry on their photophysical properties. We reveal that as symmetry distortions increase in severity along the series of structures, spectral changes and an enhancement of radiative emission strength occur, which derive from a transfer of oscillator strength into the lowest (k = 0) state. We find that concomitantly, the degeneracy of the dipole-allowed first excited (k = ±1) state is lifted, leading to an ultrafast polarization switching effect in the emission from strongly symmetry-broken nanorings.

SUBMITTER: Gong JQ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4745607 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Breaking the Symmetry in Molecular Nanorings.

Gong Juliane Q JQ Favereau Ludovic L Anderson Harry L HL Herz Laura M LM

The journal of physical chemistry letters 20160108 2

Because of their unique electronic properties, cyclic molecular structures ranging from benzene to natural light-harvesting complexes have received much attention. Rigid π-conjugated templated porphyrin nanorings serve as excellent model systems here because they possess well-defined structures that can readily be controlled and because they support highly delocalized excitations. In this study, we have deliberately modified a series of six-porphyrin nanorings to examine the impact of lowering t ...[more]

PMID: 26735906

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