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Physical Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes and Conjugated Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

A.B. Dalton
Affiliation:
FOCAS/School of Physics, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 08, Ireland
B. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
J. N. Coleman
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
M. Panhuis
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
D. L. Carroll
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
R. Czerw
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
W.J. Blau
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
H.J. Byrne
Affiliation:
FOCAS/School of Physics, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 08, Ireland
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Abstract

Single walled carbon nanotubes are shown to interact with a conjugated polymer in a periodic manner. Here this interaction is probed using electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy optical and vibrational spectroscopy. The spectroscopic behaviour of the polymer is seen to be dramatically affected, which is attributed to conformational changes due to the effect of the nanotubes.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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