Issue 11, 2008

Dis-aggregation of an insoluble porphyrin in a calixarene matrix: characterization of aggregate modes by extended dipole model

Abstract

In this paper, the different aggregation modes of a water–insoluble porphyrin (EHO) mixed with an amphiphilic calix[8]arene (C8A), at the air–water interface and in Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) film form, are analyzed as a function of the mixed composition. The strategy used to control the EHO aggregation has consisted of preparing mixed thin films containing EHO and C8A, in different ratios, at the air–water interface. Therefore, the increase of the C8A molar ratio in the mixed film diminishes the aggregation of the EHO molecules, although such an effect must be exclusively related to the dilution of the porphyrin. The reflection spectra of the mixed C8A–EHO films registered at the air–water interface, show a complex Soret band exhibiting splitting, hypochromicity and broadening features. Also, during the transfer process at high surface pressure, it has been shown that the EHO molecules are ejected from the C8A monolayer and only a fraction of porphyrin is transferred to the solid support, in spite of a complete transfer for the C8A matrix. The complex structure of the reflection spectra at the air–water interface, as well as the polarization dependence of the absorption spectra for the mixed LB films, indicate the existence of four different arrangements for the EHO hosted in the C8A matrix. The aggregate formation is governed by two factors: the attraction between the porphyrin rings which minimizes their separation, and the alkyl chain interactions, that is, hydrophobic effect and/or steric hindrance which determine and restrict the possible aggregation structures. By using the extended dipole model, the assignment of the spectral peaks observed to different EHO aggregates is shown.

Graphical abstract: Dis-aggregation of an insoluble porphyrin in a calixarene matrix: characterization of aggregate modes by extended dipole model

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Nov 2007
Accepted
20 Dec 2007
First published
24 Jan 2008

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008,10, 1569-1576

Dis-aggregation of an insoluble porphyrin in a calixarene matrix: characterization of aggregate modes by extended dipole model

G. de Miguel, M. T. Martín-Romero, J. M. Pedrosa, E. Muñoz, M. Pérez-Morales, T. H. Richardson and L. Camacho, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 1569 DOI: 10.1039/B717737B

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