Maraka, HVR;Al-Shammari, RM;Al-Attar, N;Lopez, SG;Keyes, TE;Rice, JH

2014

December

Materials Research Express

Graphene oxide intercalation into self-assembled porphyrin J-aggregates

Published

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Studies are undertaken to examine graphene oxide intercalation into self-assembled J-aggregate porphyrin structures. Fluorescence lifetime and fluorescence anisotropy imaging were applied along with scanning electron microscopy to study the structure and optical properties of a graphene oxide/TMPyP hybrid composite material. It was seen that the presence of graphene oxide alters the macroscale and nanoscale self-assembled structures of TMPyP in addition graphene oxide also alters the optical activity reducing the emission intensity and exciton recombination lifetime. Evidence exists to support a model where planer-symmetric graphene oxide and TMPyP co-operate in the formation of self-assembled macro and nanostructures forming a composite with strong graphene oxide/TMPyP interaction.

BRISTOL

2053-1591

10.1088/2053-1591/1/4/045038