“…7 shows the UV-vis absorption spectra of (a) HST-TPP and (b) unintercalated TPP. In the spectra, Soret band at 424 nm and Q bands at 520, 556, 595.5, 653 nm can be clearly observed, which correspond to the absorption bands for tetraphenylporphyrin [16] (Soret band at 414 nm and Q bands at 512, 545, 589, 648 nm). HST-TPP hybrid holds the same wavelengths of absorption peaks relative to the unintercalated TPP, but the absorption becomes weaker.…”