Behaviour of Ru(bpy)2+3 on the Surface of Water-Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Adding Other Cations英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, 2012, 2, 95-99 95 /10.4236/jsemat.2012.22015 Published Online April 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jsemat) Behaviour of Ru(bpy)2+3 on the Surface of Water-Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Adding Other Cations Hiroshi Shioyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Osaka, Japan. Email: shioyama.h@aist.go.jp Received January 4 , 2012; revised February 7 , 2012; accepted February 18 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT Behaviour of excited Ru(bpy) 3 2 ? bound to the surface of water-soluble single-walled carbon nanotubes on addition of other cations have been investigated by measuring Ru(bpy) 3 2 ? luminescence. In contrast to what was observed with a solution containing rod-like aggregation particles of Nafion, we found that Ru(bpy) 3? 2 has a stronger attraction than that of other cations to the sulfonic groups on the carbon nanotubes. Such a difference is attributed to the unique mi- cro-environmental characteristics of the molecular assemblies. Keywords: Nanostructures; Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube; Ru(bpy) 3 2 ? ; Luminescence Quenching 1. Introduction and a water-soluble single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) [13]. The solubility of the SWCNT in water is secured by poly(m-aminobenzene sulfonic acid) (PABS) covalently bonded to the SWCNT. The molecular weight of the PABS is 400 - 800, which indicates that each PABS The photochemical properties of tris(2,2’-bipyridine) ru- thenium(II) dichloride (Ru(bpy) 3 2 ? ) and related photo- sensitizers have been subjected to various investigations from the viewpoint of solar energy conversion [1-10]. The electron transfer phenomena of these sensitizers in the excited state have been studied in detail both in bulk and heterogen