A metal-lustrous porphyrin foil

Mitsuhiko Morisue; Yuki Hoshino; Masaki Shimizu; Shogo Tomita; Sono Sasaki; Shinichi Sakurai; Takaaki Hikima; Ayaka Kawamura; Michinari Kohri; Jun Matsui; Takeshi Yamao

doi:10.1039/C7CC06159E

A metal-lustrous porphyrin foil†

Mitsuhiko Morisue,

*^a Yuki Hoshino,^a Masaki Shimizu,

^a Shogo Tomita,^b Sono Sasaki,^b Shinichi Sakurai,

^b Takaaki Hikima,^c Ayaka Kawamura,^d Michinari Kohri,

^d Jun Matsui

^e and Takeshi Yamao^f

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^a Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
E-mail: morisue@kit.ac.jp
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^b Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan

^c RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan

^d Division of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

^e Department of Material and Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Kojirakawa-cho, Yamagata, Japan

^f Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan

Abstract

A metal-lustrous self-standing film, named “porphyrin foil”, was formed from a glass-forming polymeric porphyrin. The amorphous glass nature of the porphyrin foil played a key role in spontaneously producing a smooth surface. Its sharp contrast in intense absorption and specular reflection of light at each wavelength provided a brilliant metallic lustre.

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A metal-lustrous porphyrin foil†

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