Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous surfactant suspensions: Determination of the lifetime of the lowest excited state

Femtosecond one- and two-colour pump-probe spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) individual in aqueous surfactant suspensions has been used to assess the "intrinsic" lifetime of the lowest excited states. We demonstrate that such measurements can be perturbed by several co...

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Published in:Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2005-02, Vol.7 (3), p.512-517
Main Authors: YANG, J.-P, KAPPES, M. M, HIPPLER, H, UNTERREINER, A.-N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Chemistry
Colloidal state and disperse state
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
Kinetics
Nanotubes
Nanotubes, Carbon
Physical and chemical studies. Granulometry. Electrokinetic phenomena
Spectrophotometry, Infrared - methods
Spectrum Analysis - methods
Water - chemistry
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Summary:Femtosecond one- and two-colour pump-probe spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) individual in aqueous surfactant suspensions has been used to assess the "intrinsic" lifetime of the lowest excited states. We demonstrate that such measurements can be perturbed by several competing photophysical processes thus making lifetime deconvolution difficult. Furthermore we show how these effects, arising primarily from sample heterogeneity, can be reduced. Measurements of induced transients in the near IR yield lifetimes of (35 +/- 10) ps and (56 +/- 10) ps, for nanotubes having mean diameters of 0.95 and 1.2 nm, respectively. Furthermore, a fast decay component in the ps to sub-ps regime is also observed. We tentatively attribute this to relaxation in SWNT bundle components.
ISSN:1463-9076
1463-9084
DOI:10.1039/b415524f