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Selective Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Specific Chiral Indices by Poly(N-decyl-2,7-carbazole)
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 675813
Author(s) Lemasson, Fabien A.; Strunk, Timo; Gerstel, Peter; Hennrich, Frank; Lebedkin, Sergei; Barner-Kowollik, Christopher; Wenzel, Wolfgang; Kappes, Manfred M.; Mayor, Marcel
Author(s) at UniBasel Mayor, Marcel
Year 2011
Title Selective Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Specific Chiral Indices by Poly(N-decyl-2,7-carbazole)
Journal Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume 133
Number 4
Pages / Article-Number 652-655
Abstract

Physico-chemical methods to sort single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by chiral index are presently lacking but are required for in-depth experimental analysis and also for potential future applications of specific species. Here we report the unexpected selectivity of poly(N-decyl-2,7-carbazole) to almost exclusively disperse semiconducting SWNTs with differences of their chiral indices (n − m) ≥ 2 in toluene. The observed selectivity complements perfectly the dispersing features of the fluorene analogue poly(9,9-dialkyl-2,7-fluorene), which disperses semiconducting SWNTs with (n − m) ≤ 2 in toluene. The dispersed samples are further purified by density gradient centrifugation and analyzed by photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy. All-atom molecular modeling with decamer model compounds of the polymers and (10,2) and (7,6) SWNTs suggests differences in the π−π stacking interaction as origin of the selectivity. We observe energetically favored complexes between the (10,2) SWNT and the carbazole decamer and between the (7,6) SWNT and the fluorene decamer, respectively. These findings demonstrate that subtle structural changes of polymers lead to selective solvation of different families of carbon nanotubes. Furthermore, chemical screening of closely related polymers may pave the way toward simple, low-cost, and index-specific isolation of SWNTs.

Publisher American Chemical Society
ISSN/ISBN 0002-7863 ; 1520-5126
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5843753
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1021/ja105722u
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21171609
ISI-Number WOS:000287295300004
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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