Fullerene chemistry has come a long way since 1990, when the first bulk production of C60
was reported. In the past decade, progress in supramolecular chemistry has opened some …

Solar energy has a great potential as a clean, cheap, renewable and sustainable energy
source, but it must be captured and transformed into useful forms of energy as plants do. An …

In recent years, porphyrins with a similar structure to chlorophyll are often used as
photosensitizers or reaction centers to improve the light absorption capacity or catalytic …

Porphyrins and phthalocyanines are well-known colourful compounds, which attract much
attention in various fields of science and technology, including the area of molecular …

Conspectus DNA is well-known as bearer of the genetic code. Since its structure elucidation
nearly seven decades ago by Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin, much has been learned …

This perspective article highlights redox catalysis of organic and inorganic molecules via
photoinduced electron transfer, which is well exploited for a number of important photoredox …

Singlet oxygen (1O2) producing photosensitizers are highly sought for developing new
photodynamic therapy agents and facilitating 1O2-involved chemical reactions. Often singlet …

The use of small molecules with defined cavities that catalyze unique chemical
transformations to emulate enzyme sites have resulted in sustainable catalytic …

Singlet oxygen has recently attracted a great deal of attention due to its strong oxidizing
properties, which makes it useful in organic synthesis and biological studies. However, the …

Two wide‐band‐capturing donor‐acceptor conjugates featuring bis‐styrylBODIPY and
perylenediimide (PDI) have been newly synthesized, and the occurrence of ultrafast …