Construction of Photo-Catalytic System Based on Light-Harvesting Antenna Functions of Dye-Organized Nanotubes

设计良好的两亲性单体，具有在溶剂中自组织形成管状纳米结构(纳米管)的染料部分。染料分子在纳米管膜壁上密集规则排列所吸收的光能被有效地传递到包裹在纳米通道中的受体中。纳米管的这种捕光天线功能使我们能够增强包裹在纳米通道中的金属络合物的光催化活性。

Well-designed amphiphilic monomers having dye moieties self-organized in solvents to form tubular nanostructures (nanotubes). Light energy absorbed by the dye moieties densely and regularly organized in the membrane wall of the nanotubes was effectively transferred into acceptors encapsulated in the nanochannel. Such light-harvesting antenna function of the nanotubes enabled us to enhance the photo-catalytic activities of metal complexes encapsulated in the nanochannel.