Imperial College London

Professor Marina Kuimova

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Chemistry

Professor of Chemical Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8558m.kuimova

 
 
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Location

 

207BMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Vysniauskas:2020:10.1142/S1088424620300050,
author = {Vysniauskas, A and Kuimova, M},
doi = {10.1142/S1088424620300050},
journal = {Jornal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines},
pages = {1372--1386},
title = {Microviscosity and temperature sensors: the twists and turns of the photophysics of conjugated porphyrin dimers — a SPP/JPP Young Investigator Award paper},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424620300050},
volume = {24},
year = {2020}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Conjugated porphyrin dimers have captured the imagination of scientists due to a set of unique spectroscopic features such as remarkable nonlinear-optical properties, high yields of singlet oxygen sensitization and the absorption and emission in the far-red region of the visible spectrum. Here we review a range of newly emerged applications of porphyrin dimers as sensors of their microenvironment such as viscosity and temperature. We discuss the sensing mechanism based on the known conformational flexibility of the dimer structure and describe possible applications of these unique sensors, from detecting viscosity increase during photoinduced cell death to structural responses of polymers and artificial lipid membranes, to temperature changes, and to mechanical deformation.
AU - Vysniauskas,A
AU - Kuimova,M
DO - 10.1142/S1088424620300050
EP - 1386
PY - 2020///
SN - 1088-4246
SP - 1372
TI - Microviscosity and temperature sensors: the twists and turns of the photophysics of conjugated porphyrin dimers — a SPP/JPP Young Investigator Award paper
T2 - Jornal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424620300050
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79085
VL - 24
ER -