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Stable Near-Infrared Photoluminescence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed Using a Coconut-Based Natural Detergent.

ABSTRACT: We prepared single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) suspensions in phosphate buffer solutions containing 1% of a coconut-based natural detergent (COCO) or 1% of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The suspensions exhibited strong photoluminescence (PL) in the near-infrared region, suggesting that the SWNTs, such as those with (9, 4) and (7, 6) chiralities, were monodispersed. Upon diluting the suspensions with a detergent-free phosphate buffer solution, the PL intensity of the SDS-containing SWNT suspension was significantly lower than that of the COCO-containing SWNT suspension. The COCO-containing SWNT suspension was more stable than the SDS-containing SWNT suspension. The SWNT concentration of the suspensions prepared via bath-type sonication was lower than that of the suspensions prepared via probe-type sonication. However, near-infrared (NIR) PL intensity of the SWNT suspensions prepared via bath-type sonication was much higher than that of the SWNT suspensions prepared via probe-type sonication regardless of the detergent. This suggested that the fraction of monodispersed SWNTs of the suspensions prepared via bath-type sonication was larger than that of the suspensions prepared via probe-type sonication, although the SWNT concentration was low. Our results indicated that COCO favored the fabrication of SWNT suspensions with stable and strong NIR PL, which are useful for various biological applications.

SUBMITTER: Hirayama K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603184 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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