Issue 33, 2018
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Chemical Science

Interfacing porphyrins and carbon nanotubes through mechanical links†

Leire de Juan-Fernández,‡a   Peter W. Münich,‡b   Arjun Puthiyedath, ORCID logo b   Belén Nieto-Ortega, ORCID logo a   Santiago Casado,a   Luisa Ruiz-González,c   Emilio M. Pérez ORCID logo *a  and  Dirk M. Guldi ORCID logo *b  

* Corresponding authors

a IMDEA Nanoscience, C/ Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
E-mail: emilio.perez@imdea.org

b Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: guldi@fau.de

c Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Fac. C. C. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

We describe the synthesis of rotaxane-type species composed of macrocyclic porphyrin rings mechanically interlocked with SWCNT threads. The formation of mechanically interlocked SWCNTs (MINTs) proceeds with chiral selectivity, and was confirmed by spectroscopic and analytical techniques and adequate control experiments, and corroborated by high-resolution electron microscopy. From a thorough characterization of the MINTs through UV-vis-NIR absorption, fluorescence, Raman, and transient absorption spectroscopy we analyse in detail the electronic interactions of the porphyrins and the SWCNTs in the ground and excited states.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02492H
Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 Jun. 2018
Accepted
29 Jun. 2018
First published
29 Jun. 2018
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 6779-6784

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Interfacing porphyrins and carbon nanotubes through mechanical links

L. de Juan-Fernández, P. W. Münich, A. Puthiyedath, B. Nieto-Ortega, S. Casado, L. Ruiz-González, E. M. Pérez and D. M. Guldi, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 6779 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC02492H

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