Layer-by-Layer Growth of Electrostatically Assembled Multilayer Porphyrin Films

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Abstract

The feasibility of preparing multilayer porphyrin films with monolayer control of composition and thickness is demonstrated. Successive dip-coating of tetraruthenated zinc porphyrin, [ZnTPyPBpy]4+, and meso-tetraphenylporphyrin sulfonate, [M-TPPS]4-, is shown to result in linear growth of the film thickness (12.7(6) Å/bilayer) and optical absorbance as a function of the number of bilayers. These results strongly suggest a layer-by-layer assembly of compositionally homogeneous films of up to 30 bilayers. The assembled multilayer composite films have been characterized by UV−vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and electrochemical methods. Electrodes modified with these films exhibit a reversible wave at 0.94 V and are photocatalytically active toward the reduction of O2. Our findings suggest that the layer-by-layer growth method may be a general route to compositionally modulated porphyrin films of arbitrary thickness and rationally tailored catalytic and photophysical properties.

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