PhotochemPub Date : 2022-10-10DOI: 10.3390/photochem2040054
L. Mencaroni, A. Cesaretti, G. Consiglio, F. Elisei, C. Fortuna, A. Spalletti
{"title":"Photobehavior of an Acidochromic Dinitrophenyl-Hydrazinylidene Derivative: A Case of Total Internal Conversion","authors":"L. Mencaroni, A. Cesaretti, G. Consiglio, F. Elisei, C. Fortuna, A. Spalletti","doi":"10.3390/photochem2040054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2040054","url":null,"abstract":"Research in photochemistry is always looking for novel compounds that can serve a role in applications ranging from medicine to environmental science. Push–pull compounds with protonable groups represent an interesting class of molecules in this sense, as they can prove to be sensitive to changes in both the acidity and polarity of the medium, becoming valuable as sensors and probes. Hence, in this work, a new dinitrophenyl-hydrazinylidene derivative with multiple protonable centers has been specifically designed and synthesized. The molecule showed an important acidochromism in the visible, with three differently-protonated species under acidic, neutral, and basic conditions, each characterized by a peculiar absorption spectrum. The photophysical characterization of this compound revealed an ultrafast excited-state deactivation, as described by femtosecond transient absorption experiments, and the hints of charge-transfer dynamics, as supported by the observed solvatochromism and quantum-mechanical calculations. These properties led to almost undetectable fluorescence that, together with negligible intersystem crossing and the absence of reactive pathways, points to the preference for a total non-radiative deactivation mechanism, i.e., internal conversion. This intriguing behavior stimulates interest in light of possible applications of the investigated acidochromic dye as a probe in photoacoustic imaging, which offers an alternative to classical fluorescence imaging.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42381716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.3390/photochem2040053
Martin Lämmle, Steffen Volk, Madelyn Klinkerman, Marius Müßler, Alexander K. Mengele, S. Rau
{"title":"Efficient Access of Phenyl-Spaced 5,5′-Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium Metal Complexes and the Effect of Dynamic Ligand Exchange on Catalysis","authors":"Martin Lämmle, Steffen Volk, Madelyn Klinkerman, Marius Müßler, Alexander K. Mengele, S. Rau","doi":"10.3390/photochem2040053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2040053","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we present the synthesis, characterization, and light-driven hydrogen evolution activity of two dinuclear Ru-Pt complexes, Rup(ph)pPtX2 (X = Cl, I), comprising a new phenyl-spaced 5,5′-bis-phenanthroline p(ph)p bridging ligand. The two complexes only differ in the nature of the halide ligand at the catalytic center. Structural, photophysical, electrochemical, as well as photochemical characterization techniques revealed that the variations of single components of the intramolecular system provide a strong influence on the stability even in non-catalytic conditions. Interestingly, varying electron density at the catalytic center, mainly influenced by the coordinating halide at the catalytic center, as shown by 195Pt NMR spectroscopy, strongly influences the photocatalytic efficiency. Furthermore, intensive investigations on the potential catalytic mechanism showed that small structural variations (e.g., halide exchange) not only affect catalytic activity but can also switch the main catalytic mechanism from an initially molecular one to a fully heterogeneous, colloid-driven hydrogen evolution.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42534654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.3390/photochem2040052
A. Sial, A. Dar, Yifan Li, Chuanyi Wang
{"title":"Plasmon-Induced Semiconductor-Based Photo-Thermal Catalysis: Fundamentals, Critical Aspects, Design, and Applications","authors":"A. Sial, A. Dar, Yifan Li, Chuanyi Wang","doi":"10.3390/photochem2040052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2040052","url":null,"abstract":"Photo-thermal catalysis is among the most effective alternative pathways used to perform chemical reactions under solar irradiation. The synergistic contributions of heat and light during photo-thermal catalytic processes can effectively improve reaction efficiency and alter design selectivity, even under operational instability. The present review focuses on the recent advances in photo-thermal-driven chemical reactions, basic physics behind the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) formation and enhancement, pathways of charge carrier generation and transfer between plasmonic nanostructures and photo-thermal conversion, critical aspects influencing photo-thermal catalytic performance, tailored symmetry, and morphology engineering used to design efficient photo-thermal catalytic systems. By highlighting the multifield coupling benefits of plasmonic nanomaterials and semiconductor oxides, we summarized and discussed several recently developed photo-thermal catalysts and their catalytic performance in energy production (CO2 conversion and H2 dissociation), environmental protection (VOCs and dyes degradation), and organic compound synthesis (Olefins). Finally, the difficulties and future endeavors related to the design and engineering of photo-thermal catalysts were pointed out to draw the attention of researchers to this sustainable technology used for maximum solar energy utilization.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47500869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-09-16DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030051
Y. Wada, H. Akagi, T. Kumada, R. Itakura, Tomonari Wakabayashi
{"title":"Mass-Resolved Momentum Imaging of Three Dichloroethylene Isomers by Femtosecond Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion","authors":"Y. Wada, H. Akagi, T. Kumada, R. Itakura, Tomonari Wakabayashi","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030051","url":null,"abstract":"Coulomb explosion experiments using linearly polarized intense 60 fs laser pulses were conducted for structural characterization of three dichloroethylene (DCE) isomers, 1,1-DCE, cis-1,2-DCE, and trans-1,2-DCE. Under relatively low laser intensity at 1.8 × 1014 W/cm2, mass-resolved momentum imaging (MRMI) for selected fragment ions of 35Cl+ and C2+ revealed different patterns for the three isomers. The C2+ ion fragmented from multiply charged trans-1,2-DCE was forced to leave perpendicularly to the direction of the laser polarization, due to recoil forces from adjacent cations. In contrast, the fast ions of C2+ from cis-1,2-DCE exhibited an isotropic distribution, whereas the fast ions of C2+ from 1,1-DCE recoiled along the laser polarization together with the slow C2+ ions, and thereby distinction of the three isomers was demonstrated. Coulomb explosion occurs predominantly at specific orientation, which is useful for potential applications of MRMI analysis to molecular structure assays.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43072492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-09-15DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030050
A. Shitov
{"title":"An Insight into the Bicarbonate Effect in Photosystem II through the Prism of the JIP Test","authors":"A. Shitov","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030050","url":null,"abstract":"Photosystem II (PSII) is the unique pigment–protein complex that is capable of evolving molecular oxygen using solar energy. The activity of PSII determines the overall productivity of all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. It is well known that the absence of HCO3− induces a drop in the activity of PSII. However, it is not yet clear what type of photochemical reaction, single turn-over or multiple turn-over, HCO3− is involved in. Kinetic parameters of this (these) involvement(s) are almost unexplored now. This work addresses these issues. Using the JIP test, being the perspective noninvasive method for measuring PSII activity in plants, this paper describes how HCO3− deficiency affects the electron transfer on the oxidizing as well as the reducing sides of PSII in thylakoids and in PSII preparations from the leaves of pea plants. HCO3− was found to be simultaneously involved both in single turn-over and in multiple turn-over events (“dynamical processes”). Moreover, the involvement of HCO3− in dynamical photochemical processes was revealed to be associated with both sides of PSII, being the rate limiting on the reducing side, which follows from obtained kinetic parameters. The involvement of HCO3− in dynamical processes as the constant exchangeable ligand is discussed for both the electron donor and acceptor sides of PSII.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46766586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-09-02DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030049
Michelle T. Custodio Castro, C. O. Della Védova, H. Willner, R. Romano
{"title":"Ar-Matrix Studies of the Photochemical Reaction between CS2 and ClF: Prereactive Complexes and Bond Isomerism of the Photoproducts","authors":"Michelle T. Custodio Castro, C. O. Della Védova, H. Willner, R. Romano","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030049","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, prereactive complexes, reaction products, and conformational preferences derived from the photochemical reaction between CS2 and ClF were analyzed following the codeposition of the reactants trapped in argon matrices at cryogenic temperatures. After codeposition of CS2 and ClF diluted in Ar, the formation of van der Waals complexes is observed. When the mixture is subsequently irradiated by means of broad-band UV-visible light (225 ≤ λ ≤ 800 nm), fluorothiocarbonylsulfenyl chloride (FC(S)SCl) and chlorothiocarbonylsulfenyl fluoride (ClC(S)SF) are produced. These species exist as two stable planar anti- and syn-conformers (anti- and syn- of the C=S double bond with respect to the S–Cl or S–F single bond, respectively). For both novel molecules, anti-FC(S)SCl and anti-ClC(S)SF are the lowest-energy computed rotamers. As expected due to the photochemical activity of these species, additional reaction products due to alternative or subsequent photochannels are formed during this process.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44159336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-09-01Epub Date: 2022-08-24DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030046
Wolfgang H Kramer, Donya Razinoubakht, Gurjit Kaur, Axel Klein, Simon Garbe, Jörg Neudörfl, Sabrina Molitor, Anne Zimmer, Axel G Griesbeck
{"title":"Awakening a Molecular Mummy: The Inter-and Intramolecular Photochemistry of Pyromellitic Diimides with Alkyl Carboxylates.","authors":"Wolfgang H Kramer, Donya Razinoubakht, Gurjit Kaur, Axel Klein, Simon Garbe, Jörg Neudörfl, Sabrina Molitor, Anne Zimmer, Axel G Griesbeck","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030046","DOIUrl":"10.3390/photochem2030046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pyromellitic acid diimides are not as chemically unreactive as conjecturable (and presupposed) from their numerous applications as electron acceptor units or electron carriers in molecular donor-acceptor dyads or triads. Similar to the corresponding phthalimides, electronically excited pyromellitic diimides oxidize alkyl carboxylates in aqueous solution via intermolecular electron transfer (PET) processes, which eventually results in radical-radical combination products, e.g., the benzylation product <b>6</b> from <i>N,N</i>'-dimethyl pyromellitic diimide <b>5</b>. The analogous product <b>7</b> was formed with pivalic acid as <i>tert</i>-butyl radical source. One additional product <b>8</b> was isolated from alkylation/dearomatization and multiple radical additions, respectively, after prolonged irradiation. In intramolecular versions, from <i>N</i>-carboxyalkylated pyromellitic diimides <b>9a-e</b> (C<sub>1</sub> to C<sub>5</sub>-spaced), degradation processes were detected, e.g., the cyclization products <b>10</b> from the GABA substrate <b>9c</b>. In sharp contrast to phthalimide photochemistry, the green pyromellitic diimide radical anion was detected here by UV-vis absorption <i>(λ</i><sub>abs</sub> = 720 nm), EPR (from <b>9d</b>), and NMR spectroscopy for several intramolecular electron transfer examples. Only the yellow 1,4-quinodial structure is formed from intermolecular PET, which was deduced from the absorption spectra (<i>λ</i><sub>abs</sub> = 440 nm) and the subsequent chemistry. The pyromellitimide radical anion lives for hours at room temperature in the dark, but is further degraded under photochemical reaction conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11115379/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41348148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-08-25DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030048
M. Kopeć, B. Romanowska-Pietrasiak, H. Abramczyk
{"title":"Decoding Breast Cancer Metabolism: Hunting BRCA Mutations by Raman Spectroscopy","authors":"M. Kopeć, B. Romanowska-Pietrasiak, H. Abramczyk","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030048","url":null,"abstract":"Presented study included human blood from healthy people and patients with BReast CAncer gene (BRCA) mutation. We used Raman spectroscopy for BRCA mutation detection and the bioanalytical characterization of pathologically changed samples. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Raman biomarkers to distinguish blood samples from healthy people and patients with BRCA mutation. We demonstrated that Raman spectroscopy is a powerful technique to distinguish between healthy blood and blood with BRCA mutation and to characterize the biochemical composition of samples. We applied partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) to discriminate BRCA1/2 mutations and control samples without the mutations based on vibrational features. The sensitivity and specificity for calibration obtained directly from PLS-DA are equal to 94.2% and 97.6% and for cross-validation are equal to 93.3% and 97%. Our combination (Raman spectroscopy and PLS-DA) provides quick methods to reliably visualize the biochemical differences in human blood plasma. We proved that Raman spectroscopy combined with the chemometric method is a promising tool for hunting BRCA mutation in breast cancer.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45013623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-08-24DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030047
Timur Borjigin, M. Schmitt, F. Morlet‐Savary, P. Xiao, J. Lalevée
{"title":"Low-Cost and Recyclable Photocatalysts: Metal Oxide/Polymer Composites Applied in the Catalytic Breakdown of Dyes","authors":"Timur Borjigin, M. Schmitt, F. Morlet‐Savary, P. Xiao, J. Lalevée","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030047","url":null,"abstract":"Novel metal oxide/polymer composite photocatalysts prepared by photocuring with common metal oxide particles (ZnO or CeO2) and acrylic ester monomers have been investigated for the first time. Metal oxide particles were fully integrated with the acrylate polymer network based on the crosslink of poly ethylene glycol diacrylate (noted below as Poly-PEG) by photopolymerization upon mild light source (LED@405 nm) irradiation. The prepared metal/oxide composite showed excellent performance in the photodegradation of Acid Black dye (used as a benchmark pollutant) in an aqueous environment. Indeed, under UV lamp irradiation for 60 min, the degradation of Acid Black reached 59% and 56%, in the presence of 10 wt% ZnO/Poly-PEG and 3 wt% CeO2/poly PEG, respectively. Markedly, the new reported photocatalysts have offered much better performance over the conventional TiO2 photocatalytic material used as a control (39% degradation using 1 wt% TiO2/poly PEG). In turn, the new proposed metal oxide/polymer composites were further characterized by a range of analytical characterization methods, including the swelling test, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and electron spin resonance analysis. The results showed that the new photocatalysts demonstrated excellent water adsorption properties, high-temperature resistance, and excellent recyclability, which were very suitable for wide application and in line with the concept of green chemistry.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44465505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotochemPub Date : 2022-08-22DOI: 10.3390/photochem2030045
Alberto Gimenez-Gomez, Lucien Magson, Beatriz Peñín, Nil Sanosa, Jacobo Soilán, R. Losantos, Diego Sampedro
{"title":"A Photochemical Overview of Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage","authors":"Alberto Gimenez-Gomez, Lucien Magson, Beatriz Peñín, Nil Sanosa, Jacobo Soilán, R. Losantos, Diego Sampedro","doi":"10.3390/photochem2030045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2030045","url":null,"abstract":"The design of molecular solar fuels is challenging because of the long list of requirements these molecules have to fulfil: storage density, solar harvesting capacity, robustness, and heat release ability. All of these features cause a paradoxical design due to the conflicting effects found when trying to improve any of these properties. In this contribution, we will review different types of compounds previously suggested for this application. Each of them present several advantages and disadvantages, and the scientific community is still struggling to find the ideal candidate suitable for practical applications. The most promising results have been found using norbornadiene-based systems, although the use of other alternatives like azobenzene or dihydroazulene cannot be discarded. In this review, we primarily focus on highlighting the optical and photochemical aspects of these three families, discussing the recently proposed systems and recent advances in the field.","PeriodicalId":74440,"journal":{"name":"Photochem","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49360119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}