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LANGMUIR
Volume 23, Issue 15, Pages 7911-7915Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la700876d
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Pyrene derivatives can absorb onto the surface of carbon nanotubes and graphite particles through pi-pi interactions to functionalize these inorganic building blocks with organic surface moieties. Using single molecule force spectroscopy, we have demonstrated the first direct measurement of the interaction between pyrene and a graphite surface. In particular, we have connected a pyrene molecule onto an AFM tip via a flexible poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chain to ensure the formation of a molecular bridge. The pi-pi interaction between pyrene and graphite is thus indicated to be similar to 55 pN with no hysteresis between the desorption and adhesion forces.
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