Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube−Nanocrystal Heterostructures

作者：Sarbajit Banerjee, Stanislaus S. Wong · 发表于：Nano Letters · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1021/nl015651n · 被引用次数：347 · 研究领域：Carbon Nanotubes in Composites、Fullerene Chemistry and Applications、Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been reacted with cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals, capped with mercaptothiol derivatives, as well as with titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanocrystals, functionalized with 11-aminoundecanoic acid to form nanoscale heterostructures, characterized by transmission electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy. The reaction with acid-terminated CdSe nanocrystals and acid-terminated tubes was facilitated with the aid of intermediary linking agents, such as ethylenediamine and semicarbazide, in an amide-forming reaction in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride, EDC. Based on electronic absorption spectroscopy, charge transfer is thought to proceed from the nanocrystal to the nanotube in the CdSe−nanotube system, whereas in the TiO 2 −nanotube system, charge transfer is expected to occur from the nanotube to the nanocrystal.