Donor-acceptor nanoensembles of soluble carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Sep 21:(18):2034-5. doi: 10.1039/b406933a. Epub 2004 Aug 10.

Abstract

Donor-acceptor nanoensembles, prepared via electrostatic interactions of single wall carbon nanotubes and porphyrin salts, give rise to photoinduced intra-complex charge separation that lasts tens of microseconds.