biostudies-literature00600Aljabri MDUmm Al-Qura UniversityUniversity Grants CommissionScience and Engineering Research Board11408-11413https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6682013biostudies-literatureUnknown4(7)Supramolecular self-assembly of an octaphosphonate tetraphenyl porphyrin with three different nucleobases (adenine, cytosine, and thymine) was studied. Porphyrin <b>1</b> with 8 and 10 equiv of cytosine produces light-harvesting ring-like structures, that is, architectures similar to those observed in natural light-harvesting antenna. However, porphyrin assembled with adenine or thymine resulted in prisms and microrods, respectively. UV-vis absorption, fluorescence, and dynamic light scattering were used to determine the mode of aggregation in solution. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy used to visualize the self-assembled nanostructures and their behavior in the solid state, respectively. Thus, we believe that this study may demonstrate a deeper understanding on how one needs to manipulate donor/acceptor subunits in supramolecular assemblies to construct artificial antenna architectures.ACS omegaAntenna-like Ring Structures via Self-Assembly of Octaphosphonate Tetraphenyl Porphyrin with Nucleobases.PMC6682013SB/S1/IC-009/2014IICT/Pubs./2018/313Bhosale SVJadhav RWAl Kobaisi MJones LAAljabri MD60falseAntenna-like Ring Structures via Self-Assembly of Octaphosphonate Tetraphenyl Porphyrin with Nucleobases.Supramolecular self-assembly of an octaphosphonate tetraphenyl porphyrin with three different nucleobases (adenine, cytosine, and thymine) was studied. Porphyrin <b>1</b> with 8 and 10 equiv of cytosine produces light-harvesting ring-like structures, that is, architectures similar to those observed in natural light-harvesting antenna. However, porphyrin assembled with adenine or thymine resulted in prisms and microrods, respectively. UV-vis absorption, fluorescence, and dynamic light scattering were used to determine the mode of aggregation in solution. Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy used to visualize the self-assembled nanostructures and their behavior in the solid state, respectively. Thus, we believe that this study may demonstrate a deeper understanding on how one needs to manipulate donor/acceptor subunits in supramolecular assemblies to construct artificial antenna architectures.2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Jul2024-11-13T16:33:27.262Z2019-08-31T07:05:30ZS-EPMC66820133146024510.1021/acsomega.9b00909