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Synthetic light-harvesting complexes
Reference
B06650
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Christopher Hunter
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Sheffield
Department
Chemistry
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
152,634
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
07/04/1997
End date
31/10/2000
Duration
42 months
Abstract
The aim is to develop self-assembly methods for generating very large cyclic arrays of porphyrins in which the chromophores are electronically-coupled. Such assemblies are the basis of light-harvesting complexes in photosynthetic bacteria, and it is envisaged that the synthetic systems will exhibit similar properties. The strategy for the construction of the macrocycles is based on the use of multiple metalloporphyrin-ligand coordination interactions to rigorously control the architecture of the supramolecular complex. A range of cycles of different sizes will be used to test and develop theoretical models for the photophysical behaviour of light-harvesting complexes from photosynthetic bacteria.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
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Research Priority
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