Preferential extraction of left- or right-handed single-walled carbon nanotubes by use of chiral diporphyrin nanotweezers

Org Biomol Chem. 2012 Aug 14;10(30):5830-6. doi: 10.1039/c2ob25233c. Epub 2012 May 16.

Abstract

Handedness- and diameter-based separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes was achieved through preferential extraction of 76-CoMoCAT with 2,6-pyridylene-bridged chiral diporphyrin nanotweezers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Porphyrins / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Porphyrins
  • Pyridines
  • pyridine