Structure-dependent fluorescence efficiencies of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Single-nanotube photometry was used to measure the product of absorption cross section and fluorescence quantum yield for 12 (n,m) structural species of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous SDBS suspension. These products ranged from 1.7 to 4.5 x 10(-19) cm(2)/C atom, generally increasing with optical band gap as described by the energy gap law. The findings suggest fluorescent quantum yields of approximately 8% for the brightest, (10,2) species and introduce the empirical calibration factors needed to deduce quantitative (n,m) distributions from bulk fluorimetric intensities.
Medical subject headings
- Models, Chemical
- Models, Molecular
- Nanotechnology
- Nanotubes, Carbon
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence