Supramolecular Approach to the Mechanisms of Photomineralization of HazardousMaterials

摘要

Supramolecular photochemistry provides experimental tools and mechanisticconcepts pertinent to the examination of the fate of Air Force chemicals and how they may be photochemically transformed into environmentally benign substances. This benefication process of converting AF chemicals to environmentally benign materials is termed mineralization. A biomimetic strategy is adopted for which the laboratory model of benefication is based on processes occurring in nature. This biomimetic model provided us with the strategy of employing supramolecular photosystems to achieve the mineralization of AF chemicals via photosensitized degradation. p1.