Assembly of fullerene-carbon nanotubes: temperature indicator for photothermal conversion.
A new kind of polymeric semiconductor comprising a micrometer-sized assembly of alkylated-C(60) derivatives and carbon nanotubes is constructed in this work as an indicator of temperature rise resulting from the photothermal conversion of carbon nanotubes under near-infrared laser irradiation. Under such conditions, the local heating of this assembly in air reaches temperatures in excess of 220 degrees C, which would prove very useful for wide applications utilizing the photothermal properties of carbon nanotubes.
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
Yanfei
Y
Shen
Andre G
AG
Skirtach
Tomohiro
T
Seki
Shiki
S
Yagai
Hongguang
H
Li
Helmuth
H
Möhwald
Takashi
T
Nakanishi
D000478:Alkylation; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry; D008027:Light; D008853:Microscopy; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D037741:Fullerenes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C069837:fullerene C60