| Literature DB >> 17419632 |
Peter J Boul1, Dong-Gyu Cho, G M Aminur Rahman, Manuel Marquez, Zhongping Ou, Karl M Kadish, Dirk M Guldi, Jonathan L Sessler.
Abstract
Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) bind strongly to sapphyrins, quintessential pentapyrrolic "expanded porphyrin" macrocycles, through donor-acceptor stacking interactions. The specific use of a functionalized sapphyrin diol yields stable water-suspendable nanotubes and also permits the formation of well-defined assemblies in ionic liquids. The absorption and steady-state fluorescence spectra of the resulting noncovalently functionalized nanotube complexes have been analyzed in aqueous media and ionic liquids, yielding a description of the photophysical properties of the nanotube-sapphyrin complexes as donor-acceptor species for light-harvesting.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17419632 PMCID: PMC2526119 DOI: 10.1021/ja069266h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419