Non-destructive extraction of semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes by wrapping with flexible porphyrin polypeptides and the supramolecular photodynamics

Kenji Saito, Vincent Troiani, Hongjin Qiu, Nathalie Solladié, Takao Sakata, Hirotaro Mori, Yasuyuki Arakr, Osamu Ito, Shunichi Fukuzumi

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Abstract

Porphyrin-peptide hexadecamer molecules form supramolecular nanohybrids preferentially with semiconducting carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by wrapping of peptidic backbone in P(H2P) 16 and π-π interaction between porphyrins and nanotubes. Such supramolecular nanohybrid formation results in de-bundling of nanotubes and extraction of semiconducting SWCNTs from starting purified SWCNTs as indicated by the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image and the Raman spectrum of SWCNTs wrapped with P(H 2P) 16, respectively. The photoexcitation of the supramolecular nanohybrids affords the long-lived charge-separated state via photoinduced electron transfer from P(H2P) 16 to SWCNTs. Copyright The Electrochemical Society.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages157-165
Number of pages9
Edition12
ISBN (Print)9781566775236
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event209th ECS Meeting - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: 7 May 200612 May 2006

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number12
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Conference

Conference209th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period7/05/0612/05/06

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