To disentangle the process of direct optical excitation of carbon nanotubes coated with photochromic switches from the isomerization of the latters, we functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes with the orthogonal dipole switching moiety dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene (DHA/VHF). The orthogonality of the switch decouples the kinetics of the dipole change from the optical excitation of the nanotubes, allowing the independent investigations of the excitation of tubes and switch.
Optical properties of carbon nanotubes coated with orthogonal dipole switches / Setaro, Antonio; Stefanie K., Kreft; Michael Åxman, Petersen; Mogens Brøndsted, Nielsen; Stephanie, Reich. - In: PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0370-1972. - 251:(2014), pp. 2356-2359. [10.1002/pssb.201451126]
Optical properties of carbon nanotubes coated with orthogonal dipole switches
SETARO, ANTONIO;
2014
Abstract
To disentangle the process of direct optical excitation of carbon nanotubes coated with photochromic switches from the isomerization of the latters, we functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes with the orthogonal dipole switching moiety dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene (DHA/VHF). The orthogonality of the switch decouples the kinetics of the dipole change from the optical excitation of the nanotubes, allowing the independent investigations of the excitation of tubes and switch.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.