Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Abstract:
A dodecameric porphyrin wheel was prepared by Ag(I)-promoted intramolecular coupling of a linear porphyrin dodecamer and was observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Efficient energy hopping along the array was revealed by femtosecond transient anisotropy measurements.