Combining single wall carbon nanotubes and photoactive polymers for photoconversion

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 10051-10057

  Rahman, G M Aminur ^a   Guldi, Dirk M ^b   Cagnoli, Rita ^c   Mucci, Adele ^c   Schenetti, Luisa ^c   Vaccari, Lisa ^d   Prato, Maurizio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MONOCHROMATORS; POLYMERS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELECTRON DONOR; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; PHOTOACTIVE POLYMERS; POLYTHIOPHENE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 22244480701     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja050396k     Document Type: Article

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