Control over Electron Transfer in Tetrathiafulvalene‐Modified Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

Fullerenes and, more recently, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as an innovative and new class of nanoscale carbon-based materials that are currently under intensive investigation.[1] The excitement in this area is, by large, a consequence of their promising functions in molecular-scale electronic applications. In stark contrast to the wealth of [60]fullerene-based donor-acceptor dyads studied so far, [2]

Functional Macromolecules from Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Short Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Functionalised with 9,10‐Diphenylanthracene

“…[56] We anticipate that the electron will bind to the sSWNT, yielding a featureless absorption at 400-1400 nm, that is, across the entire spectral range. [57][58][59] In summary, the complex behaviour shown in Figure 12 is consistent with the triplet state of DPA and the electron-hole pair that results from excited-state electron transfer. In this way, the time-resolved spectrum of DPA-sSWNTs upon 355 nm excitation shows clear evidence for a specific interaction between DPA and the sSWNTs that is not observed upon photolysis of solutions containing both components (see inset in Figure 11).…”

Photoinduced Electron Transfer on Aqueous Carbon Nanohorn–Pyrene–Tetrathiafulvalene Architectures

“…[15] In our case, the integration of TTF with CNHs was achieved in two steps. Firstly, we capitalized on the high affinity of pyrene chromophores to CNHs, due to p-p stacking interactions.…”

Functional Covalent Chemistry of Carbon Nanotube Surfaces

“…Synthesis of TTF-and exTTF-functionalized SWNTs. Reprinted with permission from [53]. Ruthenium-based compounds [72] as well as rigid dendritic ruthenium complexes [73] have been utilized to generate interconnects and assemblies of nanotubes.…”