Milestones and Most Recent Advances in Corrole’s Science and Technology

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 145(23), P. 12429 - 12445

Published: May 31, 2023

The renaissance in corrole chemistry is strongly correlated with synthetic breakthroughs that started 1999, regarding the one-pot rather than multistep syntheses of this heme-like N4 macrocycle. This largely improved accessibility allowed for technological advances wherein corresponding metal complexes have since been introduced as key elements. Great emphasis was devoted to elucidation unique fundamental features distinguish ligands, among them outstanding electron donation (σ by N atoms and π macrocycle) transition metals chelated them. Such investigations remain crucial enabling by-demand tuning metallocorrole properties distinctly different applications. These range from catalysis organic reactions, through bioimaging disease prevention/treatment strategies, photo- electrocatalysis clean energy. Surveyed are original reports impacted these developments, together some most recent advances.

Language: Английский

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Review on Sensor Array-Based Analytical Technologies for Quality Control of Food and Beverages

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(8), P. 4017 - 4017

Published: April 15, 2023

Food quality control is an important area to address, as it directly impacts the health of whole population. To evaluate food authenticity and quality, organoleptic feature aroma very important, such that composition volatile organic compounds (VOC) unique in each aroma, providing a basis predict quality. Different types analytical approaches have been used assess VOC biomarkers other parameters food. The conventional are based on targeted analyses using chromatography spectroscopies coupled with chemometrics, which highly sensitive, selective, accurate authenticity, ageing, geographical origin. However, these methods require passive sampling, expensive, time-consuming, lack real-time measurements. Alternately, gas sensor-based devices, electronic nose (e-nose), bring potential solution for existing limitations methods, offering cheaper point-of-care analysis assessment. Currently, research advancement this field involves mainly metal oxide semiconductor-based chemiresistive sensors, partially short response time, utilize diverse pattern recognition classification identification biomarkers. Further interests emerging use nanomaterials e-noses, operable at room temperature.

Language: Английский

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π-Extended Porphyrin–Phthalocyanine Heterojunction Devices Exhibiting High Ammonia Sensitivity with a Remarkable Light Effect

ACS Sensors, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(2), P. 883 - 894

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

π-Extended porphyrins represent an attractive class of organic compounds because their unique photophysical, optoelectronic, and physicochemical properties. Herein, cross-conjugated (Ace-PQ-Ni) linear-conjugated (AM6) are used to build double-layer heterojunction devices by combining them with a lutetium bisphthalocyanine complex (LuPc

Language: Английский

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Nonenzymatic Potentiometric Detection of Ascorbic Acid with Porphyrin/ZnO-Functionalized Laser-Induced Graphene as an Electrode of EGFET Sensors

ACS Omega, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(9), P. 10650 - 10659

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has emerged as a highly versatile material with significant potential in the development of electrochemical sensors. In this paper, we investigate use LIG and functionalized ZnO porphyrins-ZnO gate electrodes extended field effect transistors (EGFETs). The resultant sensors exhibit remarkable sensitivity selectivity, particularly toward ascorbic acid. intrinsic undergoes notable enhancement through incorporation hybrid organic–inorganic materials. Among variations tested, electrode coated zinc tetraphenylporphyrin-capped nanoparticles demonstrates superior performance, reaching limit detection approximately 3 nM. Furthermore, signal ratio for 5 μM acid relative to same concentration dopamine exceeds 250. practical applicability these is demonstrated real-world samples, specifically commercially available food supplement containing l-arginine. Notably, formulations added vitamin C signals at least 25 times larger than those without, underscoring sensors' capability discern quantify presence complex matrices. This research not only highlights enhanced performance LIG-based functionalization but also underscores their applications analysis vitamin-rich supplements.

Language: Английский

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Ammonia as a Potential Energy Vector in the Burgeoning Hydrogen Economy

ChemElectroChem, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(15)

Published: May 2, 2024

Abstract The adoption of green hydrogen economy is an indispensable necessity in the current global scenario environment and energy security. In this endeavor, ammonia poised to play a key vector mitigate challenges arising from transportation, storage safety. Besides containing high volumetric gravimetric density, NH 3 decomposition into H 2 for onsite utilization as distributed source devoid greenhouse gases production. significant technological advancements have been made situ production use fuel cell devices produce electricity. methods mainly involve thermocatalytic, oxidative, electrocatalytic photocatalytic, among which catalyst assisted thermal cracking has widely investigated. research progress electrolysis notable last couple years provides low‐cost alternative at room temperature. area device development, solid oxide cells (SOFC) witnessed rapid development performances stability, completely decomposed N operating temperature above ~700 °C.

Language: Английский

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Tuning of Interfacial Charge Transport in Organic Heterostructures via Aryl Electrografting for Efficient Gas Sensors

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 3795 - 3808

Published: Jan. 15, 2024

Modulation of interfacial conductivity in organic heterostructures is a highly promising strategy to improve the performance electronic devices. In this endeavor, present work reports fabrication bilayer heterojunction device, combining octafluoro copper phthalocyanine (CuF8Pc) and lutetium bis-phthalocyanine (LuPc2) tunes charge transport at Cu(F8Pc)-(LuPc2) interface by aryl electrografting on device electrode NH3-sensing properties. Dimethoxybenzene (DMB) tetrafluoro benzene (TFB) electrografted an aryldiazonium electroreduction method form few-nanometer-thick film ITO. The devices formed coating Cu(F8Pc)/LuPc2 over aryl-grafted strongly varies according effects substituents aryl. Accordingly, DMB increases while TFB decreases mobile charges accumulation interface. This explained perfect alignment frontier molecular orbitals Cu(F8Pc), facilitating injection into Cu(F8Pc) layer. On contrary, behaves like strong acceptor reduces Such variation influences properties, which increase because grafting decrease presence TFB. DMB-based contain four times higher active sites for NH3 adsorption could detect down 1 ppm with limited interference from humidity, making them suitable real environment detection.

Language: Английский

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Bias Induced Ambipolar Transport in Organic Heterojunction Sensors

Advanced Electronic Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 25, 2025

Abstract Interface engineering in organic heterostructures is an important approach to tuning the characteristics of electronic devices and improving their performances applications, such as gas sensing. Herein, containing, a polyporphine (pZnP‐1), perfluorinated copper phthalocyanine (Cu(F 16 Pc)), lutetium bis‐phthalocyanine (LuPc 2 ) are synthesized by combination electrochemical PVD methods for investigation charge transport ammonia (NH 3 sensing application. pZnP‐1 controlled oxidative electropolymerization reveals rough surface, which influences electrical nature its interface with phthalocyanine. The properties heterojunction reveal distinct interfacial bulk properties, modulated thickness external electric field. Indeed, device containing thin film displays n‐type behavior at low bias p‐type higher bias; i.e., ambipolar behavior, ambipolarity triggered On other hand, having thick exhibits all studied biases. Investigation NH highlights advantages introducing heterostructures, enhances sensitivity, stability, repeatability, humidity tolerance sensors.

Language: Английский

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Ammonia and Humidity Sensing by Phthalocyanine–Corrole Complex Heterostructure Devices

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(15), P. 6773 - 6773

Published: July 28, 2023

The versatility of metal complexes corroles has raised interest in the use these molecules as elements chemical sensors. tuning macrocycle properties via synthetic modification different components corrole ring, such functional groups, molecular skeleton, and coordinated metal, allows for creation a vast library corrole-based However, scarce conductivity most aggregates limits development simple conductometric sensors requires optical or mass transducers that are rather more cumbersome less prone to be integrated into microelectronics systems. To compensate conductivity, often used functionalize surface conductive materials graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes, polymers. Alternatively, they can incorporated heterojunction devices where interfaced with material phthalocyanine. Herewith, we introduce two heterostructure combining lutetium bisphthalocyanine (LuPc2) either 5,10,15-tris(pentafluorophenyl) corrolato Cu (1) 5,10,15-tris(4-methoxyphenyl)corrolato (2). spectra show after deposition, maintain their original structure. reveals an energy barrier interfacial charge transport 1/LuPc2, which is device. On contrary, only ohmic contacts observed 2/LuPc2 These electrical properties, result from electron-withdrawing -donating substituents on rings, also manifested by opposite response respect ammonia (NH3), 1/LuPc2 behaving n-type conductor 2/LuPC2 p-type conductor. Both capable detecting NH3 down 10 ppm at room temperature. Furthermore, high sensitivity relative humidity (RH) but reversible fast range 30-60% RH.

Language: Английский

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Corrole Polymers as a Novel Materials for Room Temperature Resistive Gas Sensors

Advanced Sensor Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(10)

Published: May 31, 2024

Abstract Corroles, a family of contracted porphyrinoids, exhibit broad chemical interactions, undergo straightforward synthetic preparation and functionalization, enable versatile thin film deposition. These attributes render them promising candidates for use in sensors. Nevertheless, the inherently limited conductivity corrole solid films constrains their application mass optical Despite this impediment, there is great interest matching sensitive properties with features facile miniaturization integration into low‐cost electronic circuits. This work explores possibility directly simply depositing conductometric polymeric [5,10,15‐(4‐aminophenyl)corrolato] copper onto interdigitated electrodes. Remarkably, electropolymerization protocol allows selection semiconductive nature (p‐ or n‐type) these films, yielding two distinct sensor types: former exhibiting high sensitivity selectivity toward nitrogen monoxide (NO) slight influence relative humidity other manifesting spectrum sensitivities. breakthrough lays foundation developing miniaturized gas detectors, nonlinear sensing elements, nose platforms based on polycorroles.

Language: Английский

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Engineering Nickel(II) Porphyrin-Conjugated Polymers with Different Aryl meso-Substituents for n-Type and p-Type Ammonia Sensors

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(49), P. 68091 - 68102

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

Conjugated polymers have revolutionized the field of conductometric gas sensors for sensing toxic gases arising from fast urbanization and industrialization. In this work, we report synthesis a series 5,15-diaryl Ni(II) porphyrin-conjugated (pNiD(Aryl)P) their integration as top layer on an octafluorinated copper phthalocyanine (CuF8Pc) sublayer to construct bilayer heterojunction (BLH) devices ammonia sensing. For first time, pioneering demonstration polarity engineering within BLH device by manipulating meso-substituent polymer constituting CuF8Pc/pNiD(Aryl)P device. The prepared bearing electron-donating meso-substituents exhibit p-type behavior, whereas n-type behavior is observed electron-withdrawing meso-substituents. Laser desorption ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry, UV/vis/NIR, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies provide evidence decrease in intramolecular dehydrogenative coupling pNiD(Aryl)P meso-substituents, resulting low electrical conductivity thin films. Density functional theory calculations reveal noninvolvement toward π-delocalization fused porphyrin tapes. Interestingly, all remarkable response NH3. Among devices, CuF8Pc/pNiDPP displays highest sensitivity -1.17% ppm-1 NH3, CuF8Pc/pNiDNapP CuF8Pc/pNiDCNPP best limit detection below 200 ppb. addition, shows short recovery times 13 255 s, respectively, making highly suitable deployment emergency services.

Language: Английский

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