Ultrashort Carbon Nanotubes That Fluoresce Brightly in the Near-Infrared

Danné, Noémie; Kim, Mijin; Godin, Antoine G.; Kwon, Hyejin; Gao, Zhenghong; Wu, Xiaojian; Hartmann, Nicolai F.; Doorn, Stephen K.; Lounis, Brahim; Wang, YuHuang; Cognet, Laurent

doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b02307

Title: Ultrashort Carbon Nanotubes That Fluoresce Brightly in the Near-Infrared

Journal Article · 11 June 2018 · ACS Nano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b02307 · OSTI ID:1479935

Danné, Noémie ^[1]; Kim, Mijin ^[2]; Godin, Antoine G. ^[1]; Kwon, Hyejin ^[2]; Gao, Zhenghong ^[1]; Wu, Xiaojian ^[2];

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Univ. Bordeaux (France); Institut d’Optique & CNRS (France)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The intrinsic near-infrared photoluminescence observed in long single-walled carbon nanotubes is known to be quenched in ultrashort nanotubes due to their tiny size as compared to the exciton diffusion length in these materials (>100 nm). Here in this study, we show that intense photoluminescence can be created in ultrashort nanotubes (~40 nm length) upon incorporation of exciton-trapping sp³ defect sites. Using super-resolution photoluminescence imaging at <25 nm resolution, we directly show the preferential localization of excitons at the nanotube ends, which separate by less than 40 nm and behave as independent emitters. Lastly, this unexpected observation opens the possibility to synthesize fluorescent ultrashort nanotubes—a goal that has been long thought impossible—for bioimaging applications, where bright near-infrared photoluminescence and small size are highly desirable, and for quantum information science, where high quality and well-controlled near-infrared single photon emitters are needed.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1479935

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--18-20557

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 12; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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