Stabilisation of a heptamethine cyanine dye by rotaxane encapsulation.
The crystal structure of a cyanine dye rotaxane shows that the cyclodextrin is tightly threaded round the polymethine bridge of the dye; encapsulation dramatically increases the kinetic chemical stability of the radicals formed on oxidation and reduction of the dye, making it possible to observe the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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