Synthesis of porphyrin nanoparticles

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Suk Joong Lee, slee@northwestern.edu, SonBinh T. Nguyen, stn@northwestern.edu, and Joseph T. Hupp, j-hupp@northwestern.edu. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Over the past decades, the self-assembly approach has developed into a powerful technique for synthesis of nanostructures. Particularly, porphyrins have become one of the most attractive building blocks for self-assemblies because of their photophysical and photochemical properties that are important in many technological applications. However, examples of porphyrin based nano particles with different morphology are quite rare. We are particularly interested in the rational synthesis of porphyrin based unique nano particles showing a variety of morphology. In this presentation, we like to introduce synthesis and assemblies of nano particles based on 5, 15-dipyridyl-porphyrin derivatives.