Strong luminescence of solubilized carbon nanotubes

JE Riggs, Z Guo, DL Carroll, YP Sun - Journal of the American …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Since their discovery in 1991, 1 carbon nanotubes have attracted significant scientific
attention. 2, 3 Many potential applications of carbon nanotubes require an understanding of …

High dissolution and strong light emission of carbon nanotubes in aromatic amine solvents

Y Sun, SR Wilson, DI Schuster - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (NT) have been the subject of much research in recent years because of
their unique electronic, mechanical, and physical properties. 1, 2 Some solution properties …

Dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles in nonaqueous solution

Y Maeda, S Kimura, Y Hirashima… - The Journal of …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We report the observation of photoluminescence from single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWNTs) dispersed in a tetrahydrofuran (THF)/octylamine solution, providing the first clear …

Bright fluorescence from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

AJ Lee, X Wang, LJ Carlson, JA Smyder, B Loesch… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have unique photophysical properties but low
fluorescence efficiency. We have found significant increases in the fluorescence efficiency of …

Photosensitive function of encapsulated dye in carbon nanotubes

K Yanagi, K Iakoubovskii, H Matsui… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) exhibit resonant absorption localized in specific
spectral regions. To expand the light spectrum that can be utilized by SWCNTs, we have …

Visible luminescence of carbon nanotubes and dependence on functionalization

Y Lin, B Zhou, RB Martin, KB Henbest… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Strong luminescence emissions over a broad wavelength region were detected from well-
dispersed carbon nanotubes in most functionalized samples, even with excitation …

Fluorescence spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous suspension

RB Weisman, SM Bachilo, D Tsyboulski - Applied Physics A, 2004 - Springer
Optical studies of single-walled carbon nanotubes have advanced greatly through the recent
discovery of near-infrared band gap photoluminescence from single-walled carbon …

Photophysics of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

LJ Carlson, TD Krauss - Accounts of chemical research, 2008 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are cylindrical graphitic molecules that have
remained at the forefront of nanomaterials research since 1991, largely due to their …

Impact of redox-active molecules on the fluorescence of polymer-wrapped carbon nanotubes

E Polo, S Kruss - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016 - ACS Publications
The near-infrared (nIR) fluorescence of polymer-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) is very sensitive to the local chemical environment. It has been shown that certain …

Near-infrared photoluminescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes prepared by the laser vaporization method

S Lebedkin, F Hennrich, T Skipa… - The Journal of Physical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) prepared by pulsed laser vaporization,
dispersed, and surfactant-stabilized in near-infrared transparent D2O show weak …