期刊
ACS NANO
卷 5, 期 8, 页码 6686-6694出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn202225k
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single-walled carbon nanotube; fluorescence; surfactant-free; silica aerogel; nanocomposite; low-temperature
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- LANL-LDRD
A general challenge In generating functional materials from nanoscale components is integrating them into useful composites that retain or: enhance their properties of interest. Development of single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) material's for optoelectonics and sensing has been especially challenging in that SWNT optical and electronic properties are highly sensitive to environmental Interactions, which can be particularly severe incomposite matrices. Percolation of SWNTs Into aqueous silica gels shows promise as an important route for exploiting their properties, but retention of the aqueous and surfactant environment still impacts and limits optical response, while also limiting the range of conditions in. which these. materials may be applied. Here, we. present for the first time an innovative approach to obtain highly fluorescent solution-free SWNT-silica aerogels, which provides access to novel photophysical properties. Strongly blue-shifted spectral features, revelation of new diameter-dependent gas-phase adsorption phenomena, and significant increase (approximately three times that at room temperature) in photoluminiescence. intensities at cryogenic temperatures all indicate greatly, reduced SWNT matrix interactions consistent with the SWNTs experiencing a surfactant-free environment. The results demonstrate that this solid-state nanomaterial will play an important role in further revealing the true intrinsic SWNT chemical and photophysical behaviors and represent for the first time-a promising new solution- and surfactant-free material for advancing SWNT applications in sensing, photonics, and optoelectronics.
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