title: Metal-centered photoinduced electron transfer reduction of a gold(III) porphyrin cation linked with a zinc porphyrin to produce a long-lived charge-separated state in nonpolar solvents.
abstract: Photoexcitation of an electron donor-acceptor linked dyad containing gold(III) and zinc(II) porphyrins (ZnPQ-AuIIIPQ+) results in electron transfer from the singlet excited state of ZnPQ to the metal center of AuPQ+ to produce the charge-separated state (ZnPQ*+-AuIIPQ) which has a long lifetime (10 mus) in nonpolar solvents such as cyclohexane and toluene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, CREST, Japan. fukuzumi@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shunichi
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authors.lastname: Fukuzumi
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Wenbo
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authors.lastname: E
authors.forename: Zhongping
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authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Jianguo
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authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Karl M
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authors.lastname: Kadish
authors.forename: James A
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authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: Kenneth P
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authors.lastname: Ghiggino
authors.forename: Paul J
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authors.lastname: Sintic
authors.forename: Maxwell J
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authors.lastname: Crossley