Patent ID: 8530614
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: C07D,C09B

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a porphyrin coordination polymer nanostructure, the method comprising: combining an aqueous solution of a pyridylporphyrin and an aqueous solution of connecting metal ions to form an aqueous reaction solution, the pyridylporphyrin comprising at least two pyridyl groups; and forming the porphyrin coordination polymer nanostructure in the aqueous reaction solution by reactively forming coordinate bonds between a plurality of pyridyl groups of the pyridylporphyrin and a plurality of the connecting metal ions, wherein agitation during the step of forming the porphyrin coordination polymer nanostructure is sufficiently minimized to provide a majority of substantially spherical nanostructures and a minority of rod-like nanostructures.