title: Spatial and temporal electrochemical control of singlet oxygen production and decay in photosensitized experiments.
abstract: Active spatial and temporal modulation of domains of singlet oxygen activity is demonstrated using electrochemical tools. Using singlet oxygen microscopy in photosensitized experiments, it is shown that singlet oxygen concentrations around an ultramicroelectrode can be controlled by applying a bias voltage to the electrode. Two phenomena that can be exploited separately or collectively are examined: (1) the singlet oxygen concentration can be altered by local oxidation or reduction of the photosensitizer, which is the precursor to singlet oxygen, and (2) the reduction of oxygen to produce the superoxide anion which, among other things, is an effective singlet oxygen quencher, results in a local decrease in the concentration of singlet oxygen around the electrode. Both of these phenomena depend significantly on the diffusion of molecules along concentration gradients established by the biased electrode. The results reported herein demonstrate that one can indeed exert local electrochemical control and readily manipulate the population of singlet oxygen produced in a photosensitized process.
authors.affiliation: Center for Oxygen Microscopy and Imaging, Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Arhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Vijaykumar S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Ijeri
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daasbjerg
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ogilby
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poulsen
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010777:Photochemistry; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D026082:Singlet Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C076448:zinc tetraphenylporphine; D026082:Singlet Oxygen