Strategy for the Co-Assembly of Co-Axial Nanotube-Polymer Hybrids

Langmuir. 2017 Sep 12;33(36):9129-9136. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02245. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Abstract

Nanostructured materials having multiple, discrete domains of sorted components are particularly important to create efficient optoelectronics. The construction of multicomponent nanostructures from self-assembled components is exceptionally challenging due to the propensity of noncovalent materials to undergo structural reorganization in the presence of excipient polymers. This work demonstrates that polymer-nanotube composites comprised of a self-assembled nanotube wrapped with two conjugated polymers could be assembled using a layer-by-layer approach. The polymer-nanotube nanostructures arrange polymer layers coaxially on the nanotube surface. Femtosecond transient absorption (TA) studies indicated that the polymer-nanotube composites undergo photoinduced charge separation upon excitation of the NDI chromophore within the nanotube.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.