title: Controlled reversible debundling of single-walled carbon nanotubes by photo-switchable dendritic surfactants.
abstract: Stimulus responsive surfactants based on dendritic glycerol azobenzene conjugates were used to solubilize and debundle single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous media. Their debundling property as well as their reaggregation behavior upon irradiation with light was examined and light triggered reversible bundling and precipitation are shown.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Takustraße 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kördel
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Setaro
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bluemmel
authors.forename: Chris S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Popeney
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haag
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D008027:Light; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C009850:azobenzene