Photoluminescence mapping of "as-grown" single-walled carbon nanotubes: a comparison with micelle-encapsulated nanotube solutions.
Band gap photoluminescence (PL) is observed from "as-grown" single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in solid form. The relative PL intensities for six specific semiconducting SWNTs are compared directly to those of the micelle-encapsulated SWNTs' solutions to investigate the influence of the micelle dispersion process on PL measurements. The results indicate that sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium cholate (SC) selectively solubilize smaller-diameter nanotubes, whereas sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) solution does not exhibit significant diameter selectivity within the diameter range studied here (d(t) = 0.829-0.966 nm).
Okazaki
Toshiya
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Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan. toshi.okazaki@aist.go.jp
Saito
Takeshi
T
Matsuura
Koji
K
Ohshima
Satoshi
S
Yumura
Motoo
M
Iijima
Sumio
S
D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D049449:Luminescence; D008422:Materials Testing; D008823:Micelles; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D012996:Solutions
D003102:Colloids; D008823:Micelles; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D012996:Solutions