Synthetic control over the binding configuration of luminescent sp 3-defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Abstract

Covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with luminescent sp 3-defects generally produces a variety of binding configurations and emission wavelengths. The authors propose a base-mediated nucleophilic functionalization approach to selectively achieve configurations for E11* and E11*- or purely E11*- defect emission.