Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Under the Influence of Dynamic Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry
- 25 February 2005
- Vol. 1 (4) , 452-461
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200400070
Abstract
A dynamic coordinative‐directed solubilization of single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in aqueous solutions has been achieved through a combination of a ZnII metalloporphyrin complex and a cis‐protected PdII complex, which are believed to form charged acyclic and/or cyclic adducts on or around the side walls of SWNTs. The solubilization of SWNTs in aqueous solution only occurs when these acyclic and/or cyclic complexes are allowed to enter simultaneously into a self‐assembly process with SWNTs under mild conditions. The aqueous solubility properties that these dynamic complexes confer upon SWNTs are believed to involve noncovalent bonding interactions between the two entities. They have been probed in solution using ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy and in thin films using high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy. The supramolecular electronic effects that the individual components of their acyclic and/or cyclic complexes impart upon a single semiconducting SWNT have been probed within a nanotube field‐effect transistor device.Keywords
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