BARC/PUB/2015/0531

 
 

Absorption spectrophotometric, fluorescence and quantum chemical investigations on non-covalent interaction between PC70BM and designed diporphyrin in solution

 
     
 
Author(s)

Ray, A.; Bauri, A.; Bhattacharya, S.
(BOD)

Source

Spectrochimica Acta-A, 2015. Vol. 134: pp. 566-573

ABSTRACT

Present work reports the photophysical insights on supramolecular interaction of a C70 derivative, namely, [6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC70 BM), with two designed diporphyrin molecules having dithiophene (1) and carbazole (2) spacer in toluene and benzonitrile. Both absorption spectrophotometric and steady state fluorescence investigations reveal efficient complexation of PC70 BM with 1 and 2  in both toluene and benzonitrile. The magnitude of average value of binding constant, viz., Kav, for the complexes of PC70BM with 1 and 2 in toluene (benzonitrile) are estimated to be 2.185X103dm3mol-1(3.215X103dm3mol-1) and 10.180X103dm3mol-1(25.405X103dm3mol-1), respectively. Selectivity in binding for the complexation process of PC70BM with 1 and 2 is estimated to be ~4.6 and ~7.90 as observed in toluene and benzonitrile, respectively. The complexation between PC70BM and diporphyrin is well accounted by a theoretical model which takes into account the electronic subsystems of both acceptor and donor. Ab initio calculations in vacuoestablish that size selective orientation pattern of PC70BM towards the cavity of diporphyrin dictates the magnitude of binding and electronic structure of the PC70BM/diporphyrin complexes.

 
 
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