title: Versatile coordination chemistry towards multifunctional carbon nanotube nanohybrids.
abstract: Dispersible single-walled carbon nanotubes grafted with poly(4-vinylpyridine), SWNT-PVP, were tested in coordination assays with zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnP). Kinetic and spectroscopic evidence corroborates the successful formation of a SWNT-PVPZnP nanohybrid. Within this SWNT-PVPZnP nanohybrid, static electron-transfer quenching (2.0+/-0.1) x 10(9) s(-1) converts the photoexcited-ZnP chromophore into a radical-ion-pair state with a microsecond lifetime, namely one-electron oxidized-ZnP and reduced-SWNT.
authors.affiliation: Friederich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Institute for Physical Chemistry, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. dirk.guldi@chemie.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Dirk M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Guldi
authors.forename: G M Aminur
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Shuhui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tchoul
authors.forename: Warren T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcaccio
authors.forename: Demis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paolucci
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paolucci
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campidelli
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prato