Title :
Surface mounted porphyrin-nanotube arrays: Towards energy-harvesting surfaces
Author :
Mathew, Simon ; Yu, Jingxian ; Johnston, Martin R. ; Quinton, Jamie S. ; Shapter, Joe G.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem., Flinders Univ., Bedford Park, SA
Abstract :
A supramolecular complex was formed between ruthenium porphyrins and pyridyl-functionalised carbon nanotubes, which were in turn covalently attached to a silicon surface. The surface was characterised by LDI-ToF-MS, UV-vis spectrophotometry and steady-state spectrofluorometric methods.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; energy conservation; organic compounds; time of flight mass spectra; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; C; LDI-ToF-MS; UV-vis spectrophotometry; energy-harvesting surfaces; information storage; light harvesting antenna; pyridyl-functionalised carbon nanotubes; ruthenium porphyrins; silicon surface; steady-state spectrofluorometric methods; supramolecular complex; surface mounted porphyrin-nanotube arrays; Carbon nanotubes; Chemicals; Chemistry; Electrons; Energy exchange; Geoscience; Nanoparticles; Neural networks; Physics; Silicon; Energy harvesting; artificial photosynthesis; carbon nanotube; photoinduced energy transfer; porphyrin;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008. ICONN 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1503-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1504-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2008.4639283
