Exciton energy transfer in pairs of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Qian, Huihong; Georgi, Carsten; Anderson, Neil; Green, Alexander A; Hersam, Mark C; Novotny, Lukas; Hartschuh, Achim · Nano Lett · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We studied the exciton energy transfer in pairs of semiconducting nanotubes using high-resolution optical microscopy and spectroscopy on the nanoscale. Photoluminescence from large band gap nanotubes within bundles is observed with spatially varying intensities due to distance-dependent internanotube transfer. The range of efficient energy transfer is found to be limited to a few nanometers because of competing fast nonradiative relaxation responsible for low photoluminescence quantum yield.

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