Method for forming cooperative binary ionic solids
View Patent ↗A nanostructured molecular unit and method for forming is described where a cationic porphyrin having an ethanolic substituent species and a metal in the porphyrin cavity is combined with an anionic porphyrin having a sulfonate substituent species and a metal in the porphyrin cavity to form by self-assembly a nanostructured molecular unit with a morphology comprising four dendritic elements connected at a central node.
1. A nanostructured molecular unit, comprising:
at least one cationic porphyrin, said cationic porphyrin comprising ethanolic substituent species, and at least one anionic porphyrin, said anionic porphyrin comprising sulfonate substituent species, forming by self-assembly a nanostructured molecular unit with a morphology comprising four dendritic elements connected at a central node.
2. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said cationic porphyrin comprises a structure with a cavity into which is situated a metal.
3. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 2 wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, cobalt, iron and manganese.
4. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said cationic porphyrin comprises a structure with a cavity into which is situated a metal.
5. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 4 wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, cobalt, iron and manganese.
6. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said ethanolic substituent species is N-ethanol-4-pyridinium.
7. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said sulfonate substituent species is 4-sulfonatophenyl.
8. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said at least one cationic porphyrin is zinc(II) tetrakis(N-ethanol-4-pyridinium)porphyrin.
9. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said at least one anionic porphyrin is tin(IV) tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin.
10. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said dendritic element has a side length of greater than 1 micrometer.
11. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said at least one cationic porphyrin is cobalt (III) tetrakis(N-ethanol-4-pyridinium)porphyrin and the at least one anionic porphyrin is zinc(II) tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin.
12. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said at least one cationic porphyrin is tin(IV) tetrakis(N-ethanol-4-pyridinium)porphyrin and the at least one anionic porphyrin is zinc(II) tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin.
13. The nanostructured molecular unit of claim 1 wherein said at least one cationic porphyrin is zinc(II) tetrakis(N-ethanol-4-pyridinium)porphyrin and the at least one anionic porphyrin is zinc(II) tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin.