A cyanine dye based supramolecular photosensitizer enabling visible-light-driven organic reaction in water
Hajime Shigemitsu, Tomoe Tamemoto, Kei Ohkubo, Tadashi Mori, Yasuko Osakada, Mamoru Fujitsuka, Toshiyuki Kida
Abstract
We report the aggregation-induced photosensitizing activity of a cyanine dye in water and the mechanism. In addition, using the supramolecular assembly, visible-light-driven photooxidation of hydrophobic aromatic compounds in water was successfully performed.
Topics & Concepts
CyaninePhotosensitizerSupramolecular chemistryPhotochemistryChemistryVisible spectrumOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceFluorescenceMoleculeOptoelectronicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques