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Surfactant-Dependent Exciton Mobility in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Single-Molecule Reactions

Dmitri A. TsyboulskiAnni J. SiitonenAnni J. SiitonenR. Bruce WeismanSergei M. Bachilo

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NanotubeMaterials scienceLightSurface PropertiesExcitonMolecular ConformationSelective chemistry of single-walled nanotubesMolecular Probe TechniquesBioengineeringNanotechnologyCarbon nanotubeChemical reactionlaw.inventionSurface-Active AgentsCondensed Matter::Materials SciencePulmonary surfactantlawMaterials TestingNanotechnologyScattering RadiationMoleculeGeneral Materials ScienceParticle SizeNanotubes CarbonCondensed Matter::OtherMechanical EngineeringGeneral ChemistryCondensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall EffectCondensed Matter PhysicsOptical properties of carbon nanotubesChemical physicsLuminescent MeasurementsCrystallization

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Measurements of stepwise photoluminescence quenching in individual, (n,m)-selected single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) undergoing chemical reaction have been analyzed to deduce mobilities of optically generated excitons. For (7,5) nanotubes, the mean exciton range varies between approximately 140 and 240 nm for different surfactant coatings and correlates weakly with nanotube PL intensity. The results are consistent with a model of localized SWCNT excitons having substantial diffusional mobility along the nanotube axis.

https://doi.org/10.1021/nl9039845