Solvent Effect on Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Chlorophylls a on Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide

Solvent plays an important role in the surface interaction of molecules. In this study, we use "chlorophyll a", an archetypical molecule, to investigate its supramolecular self-assembly with chemically reduced graphene oxide in three different types of solvents: polar protic, polar aprotic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 36(2020), 45 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 13575-13582
1. Verfasser: Ramakrishna, Tejaswini R B (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mathesh, Motilal, Liu, Zhen, Zhang, Chunmei, Du, Aijun, Liu, Jingquan, Barrow, Colin J, Chen, Min, Biggs, Mark J, Yang, Wenrong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Solvents graphene oxide Chlorophyll 1406-65-1 Graphite 7782-42-5 Chlorophyll A YF5Q9EJC8Y
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Zusammenfassung:Solvent plays an important role in the surface interaction of molecules. In this study, we use "chlorophyll a", an archetypical molecule, to investigate its supramolecular self-assembly with chemically reduced graphene oxide in three different types of solvents: polar protic, polar aprotic, and non-polar. It was observed that only a polar protic solvent that can donate protons facilitates the hydrogen bonding between chlorophyll a and chemically reduced graphene oxide nanosheets in a hybrid system. The formation of hydrogen bonds further initiates the other non-covalent interactions such as π-π stacking and hydrophobic interaction, which altogether play a key driving force for supramolecular self-assembly of chlorophylls on chemically reduced graphene oxides. The experimental results are strongly supported by density functional theory calculations, which show robust electron coupling between chlorophylls and chemically reduced graphene oxide
Beschreibung:Date Completed 21.06.2021
Date Revised 21.06.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02370