Porphyrin-based thin-film molecular materials with highly adjustable nanoscale porosity and permeability characteristics

Suzanne Bélanger, Joseph T. Hupp*

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Abstract

Mesoporous thin films based on neutral, porphyrin-bridged, tetrarhenium 'square' compounds (metallacycles) display permeability to molecules smaller than the dimensions of an individual square cavity, but blocking behavior toward larger species (see schematic representation). The characteristic permeant size cutoff can be systematically and predictably manipulated by decorating the walls of the porphyrin square with axially bound, mono-, bi-, and tetradentate ligands.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2222-2224
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume38
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2 1999

Keywords

  • Electrochemistry
  • Mesoporosity
  • Metallacycles
  • Nanostructures
  • Supramolecular chemistry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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