Issue 67, 2014

Real-time fluorescence visualization of slow tautomerization of single free-base phthalocyanines under ambient conditions

Abstract

The emission transition dipole moments of single-molecule free-base phthalocyanines at an air/glass interface were visualized using defocused wide-field fluorescence microscopy at a temporal resolution of 100–200 ms. Isolated molecules showed slow proton tautomerization, which is consistent with previous theoretical calculations in the gas phase, which predicted large activation energies.

Graphical abstract: Real-time fluorescence visualization of slow tautomerization of single free-base phthalocyanines under ambient conditions

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Apr 2014
Accepted
20 May 2014
First published
20 May 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9443-9446

Real-time fluorescence visualization of slow tautomerization of single free-base phthalocyanines under ambient conditions

T. Ikeda, R. Iino and H. Noji, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9443 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02574A

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