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Single-walled carbon nanotubes shell decorating porous silicate materials: A general platform for studying the interaction of carbon nanotubes with photoactive molecules
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| Author | Saha, Avishek Ghosh, Saunab Behabtu, Natnael Pasquali, Matteo Martí, Angel A. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been deposited onto the external surface of porous silicate materials by deposition from a solution of individualized, protonated SWCNTs in chlorosulfonic acid. It is demonstrated that the deposited SWCNTs can be deprotonated on the silicate surface, yielding a microporous or mesoporous material with individual or small bundles of SWCNTs. These carbon nanotubes present all the spectral characteristics of pristine SWCNTs, including van Hove transitions, Raman and NIR photoluminescence. Furthermore, it is shown that these materials can be used as scaffolds to study the interaction of SWCNTs with photoactive molecules loaded in the cavities of the porous silicate materials. As a proof-of-concept, we showed that the photoluminescence of tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) can be quenched by protonated SWCNTs in the nearby surface decreasing its lifetime by nearly two orders of magnitude. This represents a novel application for these materials, especially considering the large amount of different molecules that can be immobilized in the internal cavities of these porous silicates. |
| Starting Page | 1682 |
| Ending Page | 1687 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1039/C1SC00323B |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/sc/c1/c1sc00323b/c1sc00323b.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SC00323B |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
