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Maeda Y, Zhao P, Ehara M. Recent progress in controlling the photoluminescence properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes by oxidation and alkylation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14497-14508. [PMID: 38009193 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05065c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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The functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) has received considerable attention in the last decade since highly efficient near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) has been observed to be red-shifted compared with the intrinsic PL peak of pristine SWCNTs. The PL wavelength has been manipulated using arylation reactions with aryldiazonium salts and aryl halides. Additionally, simple oxidation and alkylation reactions have proven effective in extensively adjusting the PL wavelength, with the resulting PL efficiency varying based on the chosen reaction techniques and molecular structures. This review discusses the latest developments in tailoring the PL attributes of SWCNTs by oxidation and alkylation processes. (6,5) SWCNTs exhibit intrinsic emission at 980 nm, and the PL wavelength can be controlled in the range of 1100-1320 nm by chemical modification. In addition, recent developments in chiral separation techniques have increased our understanding of the control of the PL wavelength, extending to the selection of excitation and emission wavelengths, by chemical modification of SWCNTs with different chiral indices.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Maeda Y, Morooka R, Zhao P, Yamada M, Ehara M. Control of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube photoluminescence via competition between thermal rearrangement and elimination. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11648-11651. [PMID: 37655792 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02965d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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We conducted the chiral separation of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with dibromopropane derivatives. Depending on their chirality and diameter, the thermal treatment of functionalized SWNTs leads to a shift in the emission radiation to longer wavelengths owing to rearrangement reaction in competition with elimination reaction.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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Konno Y, Yamada M, Suzuki M, Maeda Y. Stepwise Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Subsequent Molecular Conversion to Control Photoluminescence Properties. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301707. [PMID: 37460442 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) has attracted interest because it alters the near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL) wavelength and emission efficiency. These modifications depend on the binding configuration and degree of functionalization. Excessive functionalization reduces the emission efficiency as the integrity of the conjugated π system decreases; thus, controlling the degree of functionalization is essential. Because the binding configurations and degree of functionalization are affected by the reagent structure, a stepwise approach combining SWCNTs functionalization and subsequent reactions to introduce functional groups into the addenda could effectively control their PL properties and functionalities. We studied this approach by implementing the reductive alkylation of SWCNTs by using bromoalkanes with t-butyl carbamate (Boc)-protected amino groups and subsequent deprotection and amidation reactions. The reaction products were analyzed based on absorption, PL, and Raman spectroscopy and the Kaiser test. Depending on the structure of the reagent, deprotection and amidation reactions competed with the elimination reaction of addenda, altering the PL properties of the SWCNTs. Furthermore, the elimination reaction was inhibited in the adducts functionalized using dibromoalkane with Boc-protected amino groups, demonstrating that the use of appropriate reagents enables the molecular conversion of the functional groups of SWCNT adducts without affecting their PL properties.
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- Yui Konno
- Division of Mathematics and Natural Science Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, 184-8501, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Mathematics and Natural Science Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, 184-8501, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, 184-8501, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Josai University, 350-0295, Sakado, Japan
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- Division of Mathematics and Natural Science Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, 184-8501, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, 184-8501, Tokyo, Japan
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Maeda Y, Suzuki Y, Konno Y, Zhao P, Kikuchi N, Yamada M, Mitsuishi M, Dao ATN, Kasai H, Ehara M. Selective emergence of photoluminescence at telecommunication wavelengths from cyclic perfluoroalkylated carbon nanotubes. Commun Chem 2023; 6:159. [PMID: 37524908 PMCID: PMC10390534 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00950-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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Chemical functionalisation of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) can tune their local band gaps to induce near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL). However, tuning the PL to telecommunication wavelengths (>1300 nm) remains challenging. The selective emergence of NIR PL at the longest emission wavelength of 1320 nm was successfully achieved in (6,5) SWNTs via cyclic perfluoroalkylation. Chiral separation of the functionalised SWNTs showed that this functionalisation was also effective in SWNTs with five different chiral angles. The local band gap modulation mechanism was also studied using density functional theory calculations, which suggested the effects of the addenda and addition positions on the emergence of the longest-wavelength PL. These findings increase our understanding of the functionalised SWNT structure and methods for controlling the local band gap, which will contribute to the development and application of NIR light-emitting materials with widely extended emission and excitation wavelengths.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan.
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Li MK, Riaz A, Wederhake M, Fink K, Saha A, Dehm S, He X, Schöppler F, Kappes MM, Htoon H, Popov VN, Doorn SK, Hertel T, Hennrich F, Krupke R. Electroluminescence from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Quantum Defects. ACS NANO 2022; 16:11742-11754. [PMID: 35732039 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Individual single-walled carbon nanotubes with covalent sidewall defects have emerged as a class of photon sources whose photoluminescence spectra can be tailored by the carbon nanotube chirality and the attached functional group/molecule. Here we present electroluminescence spectroscopy data from single-tube devices based on (7, 5) carbon nanotubes, functionalized with dichlorobenzene molecules, and wired to graphene electrodes. We observe electrically generated, defect-induced emissions that are controllable by electrostatic gating and strongly red-shifted compared to emissions from pristine nanotubes. The defect-induced emissions are assigned to excitonic and trionic recombination processes by correlating electroluminescence excitation maps with electrical transport and photoluminescence data. At cryogenic conditions, additional gate-dependent emission lines appear, which are assigned to phonon-assisted hot-exciton electroluminescence from quasi-levels. Similar results were obtained with functionalized (6, 5) nanotubes. We also compare functionalized (7, 5) electroluminescence data with photoluminescence of pristine and functionalized (7, 5) nanotubes redox-doped using gold(III) chloride solution. This work shows that electroluminescence excitation is selective toward neutral defect-state configurations with the lowest transition energy, which in combination with gate-control over neutral versus charged defect-state emission leads to high spectral purity.
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- Min-Ken Li
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius Maximilian University Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Wei X, Li S, Wang W, Zhang X, Zhou W, Xie S, Liu H. Recent Advances in Structure Separation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Their Application in Optics, Electronics, and Optoelectronics. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2200054. [PMID: 35293698 PMCID: PMC9108629 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Structural control of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with uniform properties is critical not only for their property modulation and functional design but also for applications in electronics, optics, and optoelectronics. To achieve this goal, various separation techniques have been developed in the past 20 years through which separation of high-purity semiconducting/metallic SWCNTs, single-chirality species, and even their enantiomers have been achieved. This progress has promoted the property modulation of SWCNTs and the development of SWCNT-based optoelectronic devices. Here, the recent advances in the structure separation of SWCNTs are reviewed, from metallic/semiconducting SWCNTs, to single-chirality species, and to enantiomers by several typical separation techniques and the application of the corresponding sorted SWCNTs. Based on the separation procedure, efficiency, and scalability, as well as, the separable SWCNT species, purity, and quantity, the advantages and disadvantages of various separation techniques are compared. Combined with the requirements of SWCNT application, the challenges, prospects, and development direction of structure separation are further discussed.
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- Xiaojun Wei
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
- Songshan Lake Materials LaboratoryDongguanGuangdong523808China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
- Songshan Lake Materials LaboratoryDongguanGuangdong523808China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
- Songshan Lake Materials LaboratoryDongguanGuangdong523808China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
- Songshan Lake Materials LaboratoryDongguanGuangdong523808China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineeringand School of Physical SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure ResearchBeijing100190China
- Songshan Lake Materials LaboratoryDongguanGuangdong523808China
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Ultrafast electronic dynamics and vibrational dynamics of SWCNT under alkylation and annealing. Chem Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Norizan MN, Moklis MH, Ngah Demon SZ, Halim NA, Samsuri A, Mohamad IS, Knight VF, Abdullah N. Carbon nanotubes: functionalisation and their application in chemical sensors. RSC Adv 2020; 10:43704-43732. [PMID: 35519676 PMCID: PMC9058486 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09438b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been recognised as a promising material in a wide range of applications, from safety to energy-related devices. However, poor solubility in aqueous and organic solvents has hindered the utilisation and applications of carbon nanotubes. As studies progressed, the methodology for CNTs dispersion was established. The current state of research in CNTs either single wall or multiwall/polymer nanocomposites has been reviewed in context with the various types of functionalisation presently employed. Functionalised CNTs have been playing an increasingly central role in the research, development, and application of carbon nanotube-based nanomaterials and systems. The extremely high surface-to-volume ratio, geometry, and hollow structure of nanomaterials are ideal for the adsorption of gas molecules. This offers great potential applications, such as in gas sensor devices working at room temperature. Particularly, the advent of CNTs has fuelled the invention of CNT-based gas sensors which are very sensitive to the surrounding environment. The presence of O2, NH3, NO2 gases and many other chemicals and molecules can either donate or accept electrons, resulting in an alteration of the overall conductivity. Such properties make CNTs ideal for nano-scale gas-sensing materials. Conductive-based devices have already been demonstrated as gas sensors. However, CNTs still have certain limitations for gas sensor application, such as a long recovery time, limited gas detection, and weakness to humidity and other gases. Therefore, the nanocomposites of interest consisting of polymer and CNTs have received a great deal of attention for gas-sensing application due to higher sensitivity over a wide range of gas concentrations at room temperature compared to only using CNTs and the polymer of interest separately.
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- Mohd Nurazzi Norizan
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Hang Tuah Jaya 76100 Durian Tunggal Melaka Malaysia
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- Research Centre for Chemical Defence, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Centre for Defence Foundation Studies, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia Kem Perdana Sungai Besi 57000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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Mandal AK, Wu X, Ferreira JS, Kim M, Powell LR, Kwon H, Groc L, Wang Y, Cognet L. Fluorescent sp 3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5286. [PMID: 32210295 PMCID: PMC7093457 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62201-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cellular and tissue imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, ~1000–1350 nm) is advantageous for in vivo studies because of low light extinction by biological constituents at these wavelengths. However, deep tissue imaging at the single molecule sensitivity has not been achieved in the NIR-II window due to lack of suitable bio-probes. Single-walled carbon nanotubes have emerged as promising near-infrared luminescent molecular bio-probes; yet, their inefficient photoluminescence (quantum yield ~1%) drives requirements for sizeable excitation doses (~1–10 kW/cm2) that are significantly blue-shifted from the NIR-II region (<850 nm) and may thus ultimately compromise live tissue. Here, we show that single nanotube imaging can be achieved in live brain tissue using ultralow excitation doses (~0.1 kW/cm2), an order of magnitude lower than those currently used. To accomplish this, we synthesized fluorescent sp3-defect tailored (6,5) carbon nanotubes which, when excited at their first order excitonic transition (~985 nm) fluoresce brightly at ~1160 nm. The biocompatibility of these functionalized nanotubes, which are wrapped by encapsulation agent (phospholipid-polyethylene glycol), is demonstrated using standard cytotoxicity assays. Single molecule photophysical studies of these biocompatible nanotubes allowed us to identify the optimal luminescence properties in the context of biological imaging.
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- Amit Kumar Mandal
- Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences, UMR 5298, 33400, Talence, France.,Institut d'Optique & CNRS, LP2N UMR 5298, 33400, Talence, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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- Université de Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neurosciences, UMR 5297, 33076, Bordeaux, France.,CNRS, IINS UMR 5297, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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- Université de Bordeaux, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neurosciences, UMR 5297, 33076, Bordeaux, France.,CNRS, IINS UMR 5297, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, United States
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- Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences, UMR 5298, 33400, Talence, France. .,Institut d'Optique & CNRS, LP2N UMR 5298, 33400, Talence, France.
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Maeda Y, Konno Y, Nishino A, Yamada M, Okudaira S, Miyauchi Y, Matsuda K, Matsui J, Mitsuishi M, Suzuki M. Sonochemical reaction to control the near-infrared photoluminescence properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:6263-6270. [PMID: 32048703 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr00271b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The effect of ultrasonic irradiation on the optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was investigated. Upon sonication in D2O in the presence of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) under air, red-shifted photoluminescence (PL) peaks at ∼1043 and ∼1118 nm were observed from the aqueous suspensions of (6,4) and (6,5)SWNTs, accompanied by a decrease in the intensity of the intrinsic PL peaks. Upon sonication with SDBS under an Ar atmosphere, the rate of spectral change increased with the sonication time and new PL peaks emerged at 1043, 1118, and 1221 nm. Meanwhile, upon the addition of 1-butanol, the PL peaks emerged only at 1043 nm and 1118 nm, while the emergence of the peak at 1221 nm was inhibited. On the other hand, a suspension with highly dispersed SWNTs was obtained upon sonication in the presence of sodium cholate without any change in the intrinsic optical properties of SWNTs. These experimental results reveal that the PL characteristics of SWNTs can be controlled by controlling the sonication conditions such as the type of surfactant used, the concentration of SWNTs, reaction environment, and the presence of an inhibitor such as 1-butanol.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan
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Maeda Y, Murakoshi H, Tambo H, Zhao P, Kuroda K, Yamada M, Zhao X, Nagase S, Ehara M. Thermodynamic control of quantum defects on single-walled carbon nanotubes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:13757-13760. [PMID: 31663535 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05623h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes with designed quantum defects are prepared and characterized. The photoluminescence (PL) of the nanotubes can be modified by thermal treatment from 1215-1224 to 1249-1268 nm. Theoretical calculations suggest that the change in the PL spectra by thermal treatment can be explained by isomerization from kinetic to thermodynamic products.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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- Institute for Chemical Physics & Department of Chemistry, School of Science, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry (FIFC), Kyoto University, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan.
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Velizhanin KA. Exciton relaxation in carbon nanotubes via electronic-to-vibrational energy transfer. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:144703. [PMID: 31615218 DOI: 10.1063/1.5121300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Covalent functionalization of semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) introduces new photoluminescent emitting states. These states are spatially localized around functionalization sites and strongly red-shifted relative to the emission commonly observed from the CNT band-edge exciton state. A particularly important feature of these localized exciton states is that because the exciton is no longer free to diffusively sample photoluminescent quenching sites along the CNT length, its lifetime is significantly extended. We have recently demonstrated that an important relaxation channel of such localized excitons is the electronic-to-vibrational energy transfer (EVET). This process is analogous to the Förster resonance energy transfer except the final state of this process is not electronically, but vibrationally excited molecules of the surrounding medium (e.g., solvent). In this work, we develop a theory of EVET for a nanostructure of arbitrary shape and apply it to the specific case of EVET-mediated relaxation of defect-localized excitons in a covalently functionalized CNT. The resulting EVET relaxation times are in good agreement with experimental data.
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- Kirill A Velizhanin
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Nutz M, Zhang J, Kim M, Kwon H, Wu X, Wang Y, Högele A. Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of Luminescent Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotubes. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7078-7084. [PMID: 31478677 PMCID: PMC6814285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Defect-decorated single-wall carbon nanotubes have shown rapid growing potential for imaging, sensing, and the development of room-temperature single-photon sources. The key to the highly nonclassical emission statistics is the discrete energy spectrum of defect-localized excitons. However, variations in defect configurations give rise to distinct spectral bands that may compromise single-photon efficiency and purity in practical devices, and experimentally it has been challenging to study the exciton population distribution among the various defect-specific states. Here, we performed photon correlation spectroscopy on hexyl-decorated single-wall carbon nanotubes to unravel the dynamics and competition between neutral and charged exciton populations. With autocorrelation measurements at the single-tube level, we prove the nonclassical photon emission statistics of defect-specific exciton and trion photoluminescence and identify their mutual exclusiveness in photoemissive events with cross-correlation spectroscopy. Moreover, our study reveals the presence of a dark state with population-shelving time scales between 10 and 100 ns. These new insights will guide further development of chemically tailored carbon nanotube states for quantum photonics applications.
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- Manuel Nutz
- Faculty
of Physics, Munich Quantum Center and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
- Munich
Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingtr. 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Faculty
of Physics, Munich Quantum Center and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
- Shanghai
Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, 865 Changning
Road, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Maryland, 8051 Regent
Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Maryland, 8051 Regent
Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Maryland, 8051 Regent
Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Maryland, 8051 Regent
Drive, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Faculty
of Physics, Munich Quantum Center and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
- Munich
Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingtr. 4, 80799 München, Germany
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Berger F, Lüttgens J, Nowack T, Kutsch T, Lindenthal S, Kistner L, Müller CC, Bongartz LM, Lumsargis VA, Zakharko Y, Zaumseil J. Brightening of Long, Polymer-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes by sp 3 Functionalization in Organic Solvents. ACS NANO 2019; 13:9259-9269. [PMID: 31381849 PMCID: PMC6716210 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The functionalization of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with sp3 defects that act as luminescent exciton traps is a powerful means to enhance their photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and to add optical properties. However, the synthetic methods employed to introduce these defects are currently limited to aqueous dispersions of surfactant-coated SWNTs, often with short tube lengths, residual metallic nanotubes, and poor film-formation properties. In contrast to that, dispersions of polymer-wrapped SWNTs in organic solvents feature unrivaled purity, higher PLQY, and are easily processed into thin films for device applications. Here, we introduce a simple and scalable phase-transfer method to solubilize diazonium salts in organic nonhalogenated solvents for the controlled reaction with polymer-wrapped SWNTs to create luminescent aryl defects. Absolute PLQY measurements are applied to reliably quantify the defect-induced brightening. The optimization of defect density and trap depth results in PLQYs of up to 4% with 90% of photons emitted through the defect channel. We further reveal the strong impact of initial SWNT quality and length on the relative brightening by sp3 defects. The efficient and simple production of large quantities of defect-tailored polymer-sorted SWNTs enables aerosol-jet printing and spin-coating of thin films with bright and nearly reabsorption-free defect emission, which are desired for carbon nanotube-based near-infrared light-emitting devices.
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- Felix
J. Berger
- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute
for Physical Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Shiraki T, Yu B, Shiraishi T, Shiga T, Fujigaya T. Meta-linkage Design of Bis-aryldiazonium Modifiers for Wavelength Tuning of Near Infrared Photoluminescence from Locally Functionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes. CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.190203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Tomohiro Shiraki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Luo HB, Wang P, Wu X, Qu H, Ren X, Wang Y. One-Pot, Large-Scale Synthesis of Organic Color Center-Tailored Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. ACS NANO 2019; 13:8417-8424. [PMID: 31268668 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Organic color center-tailored semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are a rising family of synthetic quantum emitters that display bright defect photoluminescence molecularly tunable for imaging, sensing, and quantum information processing. A major advance in this area would be the development of a high-yield synthetic route that is capable of producing these materials well exceeding the current μg/mL scale. Here, we demonstrate that adding a chlorosulfonic acid solution of raw carbon nanotubes, sodium nitrite, and an aniline derivative into water readily leads to the synthesis of organic color center-tailored nanotubes. This unexpectedly simple one-pot reaction is highly scalable (yielding hundreds of milligrams of materials in a single run), efficient (reaction completes in seconds), and versatile (achieved the synthesis of organic color centers previously unattainable). The implanted organic color centers can be easily tailored by choosing from the more than 40 aniline derivatives that are commercially available, including many fluoroaniline and aminobenzoic acid derivatives, and that are difficult to convert into diazonium salts. We found this chemistry works for all the nanotube chiralities investigated. The synthesized materials are neat solids that can be directly dispersed in either water or an organic solvent by a surfactant or polymer depending on the specific application. The nanotube products can also be further sorted into single chirality-enriched fractions with defect-specific photoluminescence that is tunable over ∼1100 to ∼1550 nm. This one-pot chemistry thus provides a highly scalable synthesis of organic color centers for many potential applications that require large quantities of materials.
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- Hong-Bin Luo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
- Maryland NanoCenter , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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Shiraki T, Niidome Y, Toshimitsu F, Shiraishi T, Shiga T, Yu B, Fujigaya T. Solvatochromism of near infrared photoluminescence from doped sites of locally functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:3662-3665. [PMID: 30855053 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00829b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The doped sites of locally functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes emit red-shifted and bright near-infrared photoluminescence compared to non-doped nanotubes. Here, we observe unique photoluminescent solvatochromism. Organic solvent environments induce photoluminescent energy shifts that linearly correlate with a solvent polarity function. A high responsiveness at the doped sites is found.
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- Tomohiro Shiraki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Maeda Y, Sanno M, Morishita T, Sakamoto K, Sugiyama E, Akita S, Yamada M, Suzuki M. Reaction of the C60 radical anion with alkyl halides. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01043b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new reductive alkylation of C60 with α-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, benzyl halide, and 1,2-bis(dihalomethyl)benzene has been reported.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Koganei
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Koganei
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Koganei
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Koganei
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Koganei
- Japan
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Maeda Y, Kuroda K, Tambo H, Murakoshi H, Konno Y, Yamada M, Zhao P, Zhao X, Nagase S, Ehara M. Influence of local strain caused by cycloaddition on the band gap control of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes. RSC Adv 2019; 9:13998-14003. [PMID: 35519309 PMCID: PMC9064015 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02183c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Fine control of the band gap of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been achieved by the functionalization with dibromoalkanes, namely, 1,3-dibromopropane (1a), 1,4-dibromobutane (1b), 1,5-dibromopentane (1c), and 1,8-bis(bromomethyl)naphthalene (1d). Red-shifted photoluminescence (PL) peaks observed at 1215–1242 nm were assigned to the local band gaps of the chemically functionalized SWNTs 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations for 2a–2d suggest that “local strain” induced by cycloaddition plays an important role in tuning the local band gap energies of functionalized SWNTs. The local strain at the addition is cited as another factor controlling the emission wavelength of functionalized SWNTs.![]()
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo 184-8501
- Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science
- Institute for Molecular Science
- Okazaki
- Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science
- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry (FIFC)
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8103
- Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Science
- Institute for Molecular Science
- Okazaki
- Japan
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Shiraki T, Shiga T, Shiraishi T, Onitsuka H, Nakashima N, Fujigaya T. Multistep Wavelength Switching of Near-Infrared Photoluminescence Driven by Chemical Reactions at Local Doped Sites of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry 2018; 24:19162-19165. [PMID: 30370950 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Local chemical functionalization is used for defect doping of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), to develop near-infrared photoluminescence (NIR PL) properties. We report the multistep wavelength shifting of the NIR PL of SWNTs through chemical reactions at local doped sites tethered to an arylaldehyde group. The PL wavelength of the doped SWNTs is modulated based on imine chemistry. This involves the imine formation of aldehyde groups with added arylamines, imine dissociation reaction, exchange reaction of bound arylamines in the imine, and the Kabachnik-Fields reaction of imine groups using diisopropyl phosphite. Using doped sites as a localized chemical reaction platform can exploit the versatile molecularly driven functionality of carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials.
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- Tomohiro Shiraki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
- JST-PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
- Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Maeda Y, Konno Y, Yamada M, Zhao P, Zhao X, Ehara M, Nagase S. Control of near infrared photoluminescence properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes by functionalization with dendrons. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:23012-23017. [PMID: 30500038 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr07983h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were functionalized by reacting them with sodium naphthalenide and dendrons to control their photoemission in the near-IR region. The functionalized SWNTs were characterized by absorption, Raman, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The degree of functionalization of the SWNTs decreased with the increasing bulkiness of the dendrons used. After functionalization, new red-shifted PL peaks could be observed at ∼1110 and ∼1210 nm where the intensities were drastically enhanced by the thermal treatment. The relative peak intensity of to that of increased with the increasing bulkiness of the dendrons. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the functionalized SWNTs with dendrons suggest that the adducts with less bulky hydroalkylated substitution are stable in Clar structures and the addition positions predominantly determine the PL peak positions.
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
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Narrow-band single-photon emission through selective aryl functionalization of zigzag carbon nanotubes. Nat Chem 2018; 10:1089-1095. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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He X, Velizhanin KA, Bullard G, Bai Y, Olivier JH, Hartmann NF, Gifford BJ, Kilina S, Tretiak S, Htoon H, Therien MJ, Doorn SK. Solvent- and Wavelength-Dependent Photoluminescence Relaxation Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube sp 3 Defect States. ACS NANO 2018; 12:8060-8070. [PMID: 29995379 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Photoluminescent sp3 defect states introduced to single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through low-level covalent functionalization create new photophysical behaviors and functionality as a result of defect sites acting as exciton traps. Evaluation of relaxation dynamics in varying dielectric environments can aid in advancing a more complete description of defect-state relaxation pathways and electronic structure. Here, we exploit helical wrapping polymers as a route to suspending (6,5) SWCNTs covalently functionalized with 4-methoxybenzene in solvent systems including H2O, D2O, methanol, dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, and toluene, spanning a range of dielectric constants from 80 to 3. Defect-state photoluminescence decays were measured as a function of emission wavelength and solvent environment. Emission decays are biexponential, with short lifetime components on the order of 65 ps and long components ranging from around 100 to 350 ps. Both short and long decay components increase as emission wavelength increases, while only the long lifetime component shows a solvent dependence. We demonstrate that the wavelength dependence is a consequence of thermal detrapping of defect-state excitons to produce mobile E11 excitons, providing an important mechanism for loss of defect-state population. Deeper trap states (i.e., those emitting at longer wavelengths) result in a decreased rate for thermal loss. The solvent-independent behavior of the short lifetime component is consistent with its assignment as the characteristic time for redistribution of exciton population between bright and dark defect states. The solvent dependence of the long lifetime component is shown to be consistent with relaxation via an electronic to vibrational energy transfer mechanism, in which energy is resonantly lost to solvent vibrations in a complementary mechanism to multiphonon decay processes.
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- Xiaowei He
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, French Family Science Center , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, French Family Science Center , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, French Family Science Center , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
- Center for Nonlinear Sciences , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , North Dakota State University , Fargo , North Dakota 58108 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , North Dakota State University , Fargo , North Dakota 58108 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
- Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, French Family Science Center , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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He X, Htoon H, Doorn SK, Pernice WHP, Pyatkov F, Krupke R, Jeantet A, Chassagneux Y, Voisin C. Carbon nanotubes as emerging quantum-light sources. NATURE MATERIALS 2018; 17:663-670. [PMID: 29915427 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0109-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Progress in quantum computing and quantum cryptography requires efficient, electrically triggered, single-photon sources at room temperature in the telecom wavelengths. It has been long known that semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) display strong excitonic binding and emit light over a broad range of wavelengths, but their use has been hampered by a low quantum yield and a high sensitivity to spectral diffusion and blinking. In this Perspective, we discuss recent advances in the mastering of SWCNT optical properties by chemistry, electrical contacting and resonator coupling towards advancing their use as quantum light sources. We describe the latest results in terms of single-photon purity, generation efficiency and indistinguishability. Finally, we consider the main fundamental challenges stemming from the unique properties of SWCNTs and the most promising roads for SWCNT-based chip integrated quantum photonic sources.
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- X He
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France.
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Disrud B, Han Y, Gifford BJ, Kilin DS. Molecular dynamics of reactions between (4,0) zigzag carbon nanotube and hydrogen peroxide under extreme conditions. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1420258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Brendon Disrud
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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He X, Gifford BJ, Hartmann NF, Ihly R, Ma X, Kilina SV, Luo Y, Shayan K, Strauf S, Blackburn JL, Tretiak S, Doorn SK, Htoon H. Low-Temperature Single Carbon Nanotube Spectroscopy of sp 3 Quantum Defects. ACS NANO 2017; 11:10785-10796. [PMID: 28958146 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b03022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Aiming to unravel the relationship between chemical configuration and electronic structure of sp3 defects of aryl-functionalized (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), we perform low-temperature single nanotube photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy studies and correlate our observations with quantum chemistry simulations. We observe sharp emission peaks from individual defect sites that are spread over an extremely broad, 1000-1350 nm, spectral range. Our simulations allow us to attribute this spectral diversity to the occurrence of six chemically and energetically distinct defect states resulting from topological variation in the chemical binding configuration of the monovalent aryl groups. Both PL emission efficiency and spectral line width of the defect states are strongly influenced by the local dielectric environment. Wrapping the SWCNT with a polyfluorene polymer provides the best isolation from the environment and yields the brightest emission with near-resolution limited spectral line width of 270 μeV, as well as spectrally resolved emission wings associated with localized acoustic phonons. Pump-dependent studies further revealed that the defect states are capable of emitting single, sharp, isolated PL peaks over 3 orders of magnitude increase in pump power, a key characteristic of two-level systems and an important prerequisite for single-photon emission with high purity. These findings point to the tremendous potential of sp3 defects in development of room temperature quantum light sources capable of operating at telecommunication wavelengths as the emission of the defect states can readily be extended to this range via use of larger diameter SWCNTs.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University , Fargo, North Dakota 58108, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Shiraishi T, Shiraki T, Nakashima N. Substituent effects on the redox states of locally functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes revealed by in situ photoluminescence spectroelectrochemistry. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:16900-16907. [PMID: 29077106 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr05480g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with local chemical modification have been recognized as a novel near infrared (NIR) photoluminescent nanomaterial due to the emergence of a new red-shifted photoluminescence (PL) with enhanced quantum yields. As a characteristic feature of the locally functionalized SWNTs (lf-SWNTs), PL wavelength changes occur with the structural dependence of the substituent structures in the modified aryl groups, showing up to a 60 nm peak shift according to an electronic property difference of the aryl groups. Up to now, however, the structural effect on the electronic states of the lf-SWNTs has been discussed only on the basis of theoretical calculations due to the very limited amount of modifications. Herein, we describe the successfully-determined electronic states of the aryl-modified lf-SWNTs with different substituents (Ar-X SWNTs) using an in situ PL spectroelectrochemical method based on electrochemical quenching of the PL intensities analyzed by the Nernst equation. In particular, we reveal that the local functionalization of (6,5)SWNTs induced potential changes in the energy levels of the HOMO and the LUMO by -23 to -38 meV and +20 to +22 meV, respectively, compared to those of the pristine SWNTs, which generates exciton trapping sites with narrower band gaps. Moreover, the HOMO levels of the Ar-X SWNTs specifically shift in a negative potential direction by 15 meV according to an enhancement of the electron-accepting property of the substituents in the aryl groups that corresponds to an increase in the Hammet substituent constants, suggesting the importance of the dipole effect from the aryl groups on the lf-SWNTs to the level shift of the frontier orbitals. Our method is a promising way to characterize the electronic features of the lf-SWNTs.
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- Tomonari Shiraishi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Shiraki T, Uchimura S, Shiraishi T, Onitsuka H, Nakashima N. Near infrared photoluminescence modulation by defect site design using aryl isomers in locally functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:12544-12547. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06663e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Unexpected near infrared photoluminescence of locally-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes upon introducing isomeric structures in the defect sites is reported.
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- Tomohiro Shiraki
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 819-0395
- Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER)
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
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Maeda Y, Takehana Y, Dang JS, Suzuki M, Yamada M, Nagase S. Effect of Substituents and Initial Degree of Functionalization of Alkylated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Their Thermal Stability and Photoluminescence Properties. Chemistry 2016; 23:1789-1794. [PMID: 27778399 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yutaka Maeda
- Department of Chemistry; Tokyo Gakugei University; Tokyo 184-8501 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Tokyo Gakugei University; Tokyo 184-8501 Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry; Kyoto University; Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Tokyo Gakugei University; Tokyo 184-8501 Japan
- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; Josai University; Saitama 350-0295 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Tokyo Gakugei University; Tokyo 184-8501 Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry; Kyoto University; Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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