title: Interfacial self-assembly of water-soluble cationic porphyrins for the reduction of oxygen to water.
abstract: Meet at the border: Assembly of the water-soluble cobalt tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin [CoTMPyP](4+) at soft interfaces is enhanced and stabilized by its interfacial interaction with the lipophilic anion (C(6)F(5))(4)B(-). The supramolecular structure thus formed provides excellent catalytic activity in the four-electron reduction of oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Astrid J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Olaya
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schaming
authors.forename: Pierre-Francois
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brevet
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagatani
authors.forename: Hai-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Hubert H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Girault