Composites of Functional Poly(phenylacetylene)s and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Preparation, Dispersion, and Near Infrared Photoresponsive Properties

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• 作者：Xiao-Qing Liu ; Yi-Lun Li ; Yuan-Wei Lin ; Shuang Yang ; Xue-Feng Guo ; Yan Li ; Juan Yang ; Er-Qiang Chen
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：November 12, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：46
• 期：21
• 页码：8479-8487
• 全文大小：563K
• 年卷期：v.46,no.21(November 12, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5835

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To explore poly(phenylacetylene) (PPA) derivatives as the dispersing agent of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), we synthesized a new series of side chain PPAs (denoted as PPA-m, m = 2, 1, 0). The side chains of PPA-m bear a soluble 3,4,5-tris(octyloxy)phenyl moiety at the end, and a biphenyl (m = 2), a phenyl (m = 1), or no phenyl ring (m = 0) in the middle linked to the PPA main-chain through an ether linkage. All the three PPA-ms can efficiently disperse SWNTs in organic solvents forming stable SWNTs/PPA-m composites. The composites were characterized by microscopy method, absorbance and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Quantitative analysis shows that there is a tendency for PPA-m to preferentially disperse SWNTs with large diameters in tetrahydrofuran and toluene when compared with the normally used surfactant of sodium dodecyl sulfate. The effective interactions between PPA-m and SWNTs should be ascribed to the helical wrapping of the PPA-m backbone on SWNTs and the 蟺鈥撓€ interactions between the phenyl groups and SWNTs. The long alkyl tails on the side-chains also prevent individual SWNTs from reaggregation. Additionally, the near-infrared (nIR) photoresponsive electrical conductivity of the SWNTs/PPA-2 composite is measured, indicating a 12% increase of the photocurrent upon the nIR irradiation, which is greater compared with that of the reported pure SWNTs film.