Photo-triggered J-aggregation and chiral symmetry breaking of an anionic porphyrin (TPPS) in mixed organic solvent†
Siguang Jiang,Li Zhang,Minghua Liu
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 09/03/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B912825E
Abstract
Although TPPS undergoes photo-bleaching in ethanol or DMSO alone, it formed J-aggregates in the mixed solvent of ethanol and DMSO under UV irradiation, and the formed J-aggregate showed chirality due to chiral-symmetry-breaking.
