Photosensitized production of doubly reduced methylviologen followed by highly efficient methylviologen radical formation using self-assembling ruthenium(II) complexes.
Supramolecular fibers of Ru(II) complexes act as efficient photosensitizers, photochemically generating methylviologen radical (MV.+) and then converting it quantitatively to doubly reduced methylviologen, (MV0), in the presence of triethanolamine.
Suzuki
Masahiro
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Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Morris
Natalie D
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Mallouk
Thomas E
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