DUQUE, Juan G.; COGNET, Laurent; PARRA-VASQUEZ, A. Nicholas G.; NICHOLAS, Nolan; SCHMIDT, Howard K.; PASQUALI, Matteo

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DUQUE, Juan G.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology

COGNET, Laurent
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
Department of Chemistry

PARRA-VASQUEZ, A. Nicholas G.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology

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Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008-02-22, vol. 130, n° 8, p. 2626-2633

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Aqueous surfactant suspensions of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are very sensitive to environmental conditions. For example, the photoluminescence of semiconducting SWNTs varies significantly with concentration, pH, or salinity. In most cases, these factors restrict the range of applicability of SWNT suspensions. Here, we report a simple strategy to obtain stable and highly luminescent individualized SWNTs at pH values ranging from 1 to 11, as well as in highly saline buffers. This strategy relies on combining SWNTs previously suspended in sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) with biocompatible poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP), which can be polymerized in situ to entrap the SWNT-SDBS micelles. We present a model that accounts for the photoluminescence stability of these suspensions based on PVP morphological changes at different pH values. Moreover, we demonstrate the effectiveness of these highly stable suspensions by imaging individual luminescent SWNTs on the surface of live human embryonic kidney cells (HEK cells).< Leer menos

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Stable Luminescence from Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Acidic, Basic, and Biological Environments

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