Single-walled carbon nanotubes tethered with porphyrins: Synthesis and photophysical properties

  • Huaping Li
  • , Robert B. Martin
  • , Barbara A. Harruff
  • , Rebecca A. Carino
  • , Lawrence F. Allard
  • , Ya Ping Sun

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Abstract

The synthesis and photophysical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) tethered with porphyrins was analyzed. The excited-state energy transfer quenching of porphyrin fluorescence by SWNT was found to be dependent on the length of tether. Investigations show that the Raman spectra of the porphyrin-SWNT samples exhibited characteristic peaks after thermal defunctionalization. The results show that the porphyrin-decorated SWNT compete effectively in applications dominated by dye-functionalized nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)896-900
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume16
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 4 2004
Externally publishedYes

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