title: Water-soluble porphyrin nanospheres: enhanced photo-physical properties achieved via cyclodextrin driven double self-inclusion.
abstract: We describe a method to construct water-soluble porphyrinic nanospheres with enhanced photo-physical properties as a result of precluding (via intra-molecular host-guest interactions) the individual porphyrins units from aromatic-aromatic stacking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, 2015 Percival Stern Hall, Louisiana 70118, USA. jananj@tulane.edu.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Boyu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mengyuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Grayson
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmehl
authors.forename: Janarthanan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jayawickramarajah
mesh_terms: D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D011166:Porphyrins; D014867:Water