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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
The contrasting photophysical properties of two silicon (IV) tetraphenylporphyrins, Si(TPP)(py)2 and Si(TPP)Cl2, have been investigated using static absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and ultrafast transient absorption measurements. The parent Si(TPP)Cl2, in which the porphyrin macrocycle has its normal 2- oxidation state, has a fluorescence yield of 0.027, and a lifetime of 1.8 ns for the lowest excited singlet state. In marked contrast, the reduced, anti-aromatic complex Si(TPP)(py)2, with the macrocycle in the 4- oxidation state, has an extremely low fluorescence yield (< or =0.0004) and a 750-fold shorter excited-state lifetime (2.4 ps) in the same solvent (pyridine). The rapid deactivation of photoexcited Si(TPP)(py)2 to the ground state is likely associated with its ruffled structure and the presence of low-energy excited states in its electronic manifold.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1520-6106
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2138-42
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Photophysics of reduced silicon tetraphenylporphyrin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Innovation, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4889, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article