Photochemical Studies of Multicomponent Molecular Devices in Solution and in Organized Assemblies

随着有机动力学计划的资助，该项目由教授 亚利桑那州立大学的Gust和摩尔将设计、合成和 研究分子三元组的多组分超分子物种 以及由卟啉、醌和类胡萝卜素组成的五单元组， 作为光激活开关、或门或与非门以及其他 逻辑元素利用富勒烯模拟生物膜 与类胡萝卜素多烯共价键合并掺入脂质体 也将被探索。各种结构排列和组合 卟啉、富勒烯、醌和类胡萝卜素的超分子 将研究结构。 这项研究将建立复杂的分子结构 与植物中发现的叶绿素和β-胡萝卜素类似的分子， 创造具有独特性能的光捕获材料。 应用 这些超分子化合物的能量传输和 将研究模拟晶体管。

With funding from the Organic Dynamics Program this project by Professors Gust and Moore of Arizona State University will design, synthesize, and study multicomponent supramolecular species that are molecular triads and pentads consisting of porphyrins, quinones, and carotenoids which perform as light activated switches, OR gates, or NAND gates and other logic elements. Mimicry of biological membranes using fullerenes covalently bonded to carotenoid polyenes and incorporated into liposomes will also be explored. Various structural permutations and combinations of porphyrins, fullerenes, quinones, and carotenoids into supramolecular structures will be studied. This investigation will build complex molecular structures from molecules similar to chlorophyll and beta carotene found in plants to create light harvesting materials with unique properties. Applications of these supramolecular compounds to the transport of energy and in mimicking transistors will be studied.