Centrally Coordinated Cobalt Porphyrin Monolayers on the Surface of TiO₂ Nanoparticles

Abstract

Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTS) on the surface of TiO₂ nanoparticles was used to bind cobalt(II) 5,10,15,20-tetra-(4-trimethylaminophenyl)porphyrin iodide (CoTAPPI). The binding involved coordination of amino-group in the APTS to cobalt(II) ion in the center of the porphyrin. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of the products showed that there existed the electron transfer among TiO₂, APTS, and CoTAPPI. The polarized fluorescence spectra were used to evaluate the coordination constants of the porphyrin and APTS. The molecular geometry and binding energy of the TiO₂-APTS-CoTAPPI assembly were calculated with the molecular mechanics approach (MM2).

Keywords:

• Central coordination
• cobalt porphyrin
• monolayers
• structure
• TiO₂ nanoparticles