Photoinduced electron transfer in Nano-Saturn complexes of fullerene

Author(s):  
Olga A. Stasyuk ◽  
Anton J Stasyuk ◽  
Miquel Solà ◽  
Alexander Voityuk

The photoinduced electron transfer is studied computationally in several Saturn-shaped inclusion complexes of carbo-aromatic rings and C60 fullerene – C72⊃C60, C96⊃C60, C120⊃C60, and C168⊃C60. Analysis of their structural and electronic...

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Flamigni ◽  
Anna Maria Talarico ◽  
Maxwell J. Gunter ◽  
Martin R. Johnston ◽  
Tyrone P. Jeynes

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (83) ◽  
pp. 12624-12627
Author(s):  
Anton J. Stasyuk ◽  
Olga A. Stasyuk ◽  
Miquel Solà ◽  
Alexander A. Voityuk

The six-atom vacancy defects regularly located throughout the nanotubes change the electronic properties of their inclusion complexes with fullerene and prevent the photoinduced electron transfer between host and guest molecules.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishikesh Kulkarni ◽  
Anneliese Gest ◽  
Chun Kei Lam ◽  
Benjamin Raliski ◽  
Feroz James ◽  
...  

<p>High signal-to-noise optical voltage indicators will enable simultaneous interrogation of membrane potential in large ensembles of neurons. However, design principles for voltage sensors with high sensitivity and brightness remain elusive, limiting the applicability of voltage imaging. In this paper, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to guide the design of a bright and sensitive green-fluorescent voltage-sensitive fluorophore, or VoltageFluor (VF dye), that uses photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) as a voltage-sensing mechanism. MD simulations predict an 11% increase in sensitivity due to membrane orientation, while DFT calculations predict an increase in fluorescence quantum yield, but a decrease in sensitivity due to a decrease in rate of PeT. We confirm these predictions by synthesizing a new VF dye and demonstrating that it displays the expected improvements by doubling the brightness and retaining similar sensitivity to prior VF dyes. Combining theoretical predictions and experimental validation has resulted in the synthesis of the highest signal-to-noise green VF dye to date. We use this new voltage indicator to monitor the electrophysiological maturation of human embryonic stem cell-derived medium spiny neurons. </p>


Author(s):  
Anton J Stasyuk ◽  
Olga A. Stasyuk ◽  
Miquel Solà ◽  
Alexander Voityuk

Suitanes, a new class of two-component mechanically interlocked systems, have recently been developed. In this work, we report a detailed study of photoinduced electron transfer processes in the suit[3]anes consisting...


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