Ultrasonic Method for the Preparation of Organic Porphyrin Nanoparticles 英文参考文献.docVIP

Molecules 2010, 15, 280-287; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Ultrasonic Method for the Preparation of Organic Porphyrin Nanoparticles ? Mohamad Mehdi Kashani-Motlagh, Rahmatollah Rahimi * and Marziye Javaheri Kachousangi Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran; E-Mails: m.kashani@iust.ac.ir (M.M.K-M.); marzieh.javaheri@ (M.J.K.) ? Paper presented in part at ECSOC-12, 1-30 November 2008. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: rahimi_rah@iust.ac.ir. Received: 1 December 2009; in revised form: 22 December 2009 / Accepted: 23 December 2009 / Published: 12 January 2009 Abstract: We report the synthesis and optical properties of organic porphyrin nanoparticles with narrow size distribution and good dispersibility. Nanoparticles were produced by a combination of precipitation and sonication, termed the “ultrasonic method”. The resulting [tetrakis(para-chlorophenyl)porphyrin]TClPP nanoparticles were stable in solution without precipitation for at least 30 days. No self aggregation of the constituent porphyrin chromophores was observed. The TClPP nanoparticles exhibited interesting optical properties, particulalrly a large bathochromic shift in the absorption spectra. Keywords: porphyrin nanoparticles; optical properties; fluorescence 1. Introduction Many of the unique properties of nanoscaled materials, especially their electronic, photonic and magnetic properties cannot be achieved using the corresponding atomic, molecular, polymeric or macroscopic materials. Porphyrins are representative of photofunctional organics, and they show remarkable photo-, electro- and biochemical properties that contribute to light harvesting [1]. Hence, meso/nano-scaled porphyrin assemblies or particles are expected to be promising candidates for use i