Microscopic model of the optical absorption of carbon nanotubes functionalized with molecular spiropyran photoswitches.

نویسندگان

  • E Malic
  • C Weber
  • M Richter
  • V Atalla
  • T Klamroth
  • P Saalfrank
  • S Reich
  • A Knorr
چکیده

The adsorption of molecules to the surface of carbon nanostructures opens a new field of hybrid systems with distinct and controllable properties. We present a microscopic study of the optical absorption in carbon nanotubes functionalized with molecular spiropyran photoswitches. The switching process induces a change in the dipole moment leading to a significant coupling to the charge carriers in the nanotube. As a result, the absorption spectra of functionalized tubes reveal a considerable redshift of transition energies depending on the switching state of the spiropyran molecule. Our results suggest that carbon nanotubes are excellent substrates for the optical readout of spiropyran-based molecular switches. The gained insights can be applied to other noncovalently functionalized one-dimensional nanostructures in an externally induced dipole field.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 106 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011