Effectiveness of sorting single-walled carbon nanotubes by diameter using polyfluorene derivatives

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) sorted by conjugated polymers are of great interest for electronic and optoelectronic applications Here we demonstrate by optical methods that the selectivity of conjugated polymers for semiconducting SWCNTs is influenced by the structure of their side chains and/or the molecular weight of the macromolecules, and that side chain functionalities determine the solubility in different dispersion media Moreover, high resolution time-resolved photoluminescence measurements provide evidence of energy transfer from tubes with larger band gaps compared to those with smaller band gaps coexisting in SWCNT bundles (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved