title: Fabrication of fluorescent nanotubes based on layer-by-layer assembly via covalent bond.
abstract: A pressure-filter-template approach was employed to prepare fluorescent nanotubes of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylicdianhydride (PTCDA) through covalent combination in the porous of alumina template based on the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images exhibited a tubular structure of the obtained samples. The wall thickness of the nanotubes is well controlled by varying the assembled cycle number, which is detected by UV-visible spectroscopy. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy confirmed the formation of covalent bonds between PEI and PTCDA in nanotubes.
authors.affiliation: International Joint Lab, Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Science, The Center for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Junbai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li