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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 4, Issue 10, Pages 1562-1572Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900119
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; cyclodextrins; fluorescence spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; triptycene
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2007CB808000]
- National Science Foundation of China [20672025]
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A novel approach to solubilize single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in the aqueous phase is described by employing supramolecular surface modification. We use cyclodextrin complexes of synthetic molecules that contain a planar pyrene moiety or a bent, shape-fitted triptycene moiety as a binding group connected through a spacer to an adamantane moiety that is accommodated in the cyclodextrin cavity. The binding groups attach to the sidewalls of SWCNTs through a pi-pi stacking interaction to yield a supramolecular system that allows the SWCNTs to dissolve in the aqueous phase through the formed hydrophilic cyclodextrin shell. The black aqueous SWCNT solutions obtained are stable over a period of months. They are characterized through absorbance, static, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy as well as Raman spectroscopy, TEM, and fluorescence-decay measurements. Furthermore, the shape-fitted triptycene-based system shows a pronounced selectivity for SWCNTs with a diameter of 1.0 nm.
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