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In this paper, the photophysical and photosensitive properties of Elsinochrome A (EA), another member of perylenequinone photosensitizers derived via artificially biological synthesis, were studied by taking hypocrellin A (HA) and hypocrellin B (HB) as the references. It was found that the quantum yield of singlet oxygen produced via the photosensitization of EA was 0.98 with HB (0.84) as a reference. Furthermore, the semiquinone anion could be produced via photosensitization of EA in oxygen-free solution. Besides, taking advantage of nanosecond time-resolved spectral technique, the transient triplet absorption spectra and the lifetime of EA in cyclohexane were determined by the use of the ground-state depletion method.
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Li, C., He, Y., Ou, L. et al. Photophysical and photosensitive properties of Elsinochrome A. CHINESE SCI BULL 51, 1050–1054 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-1050-3
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