Photo-triggered J-aggregation and chiral symmetry breaking of an anionic porphyrin (TPPS) in mixed organic solvent.
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.
Jiang
Siguang
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Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.
Zhang
Li
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Liu
Minghua
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