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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 110, Issue 2, Pages 831-836Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp055503b
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- NCI NIH HHS [U54 CA119335] Funding Source: Medline
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Fluorescent nanoparticles were isolated from both pristine and nitric acid-oxidized commercially available carbon nanotubes that had been produced by an electric are method. The pristine and oxidized carbon nanotube-derived fluorescent nanoparticles exhibited a molecular-weight-dependent photoluminescence in the violet-blue and blue to yellowish-green ranges, respectively. The molecular weight dependency of the photoluminescence was strongly related to the specific supplier. We analyzed the composition and morphology of the fluorescent nanoparticles derived from pristine and oxidized nanotubes from one supplier. We found that the isolated fluorescent materials were mainly composed of calcium and zinc. Moreover, the pristine carbon nanotube-derived fluorescent nanoparticles were hydrophobic and had a narrow distribution of maximal lateral dimension. In contrast, the oxidized carbon nanotube-derived fluorescent nanoparticles were superficially oxidized and/or coated by a thin carbon layer, had the ability to aggregate when dispersed in water, and exhibited a broader distribution of maximal lateral dimension.
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