Biomimetic assemblies of carbon nanostructures for photochemical energy conversion.

This feature article summarizes our recent accomplishments in the field of carbon nanostructures, fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, as integrative components in multifunctional hybrid cells that bear large promise for applications as photochemical energy conversion systems.

Versatile coordination chemistry towards multifunctional carbon nanotube nanohybrids.

Dispersible single-walled carbon nanotubes grafted with poly(4-vinylpyridine), SWNT-PVP, were tested in coordination assays with zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnP). Kinetic and spectroscopic evidence corroborates the successful formation of a SWNT-PVPZnP nanohybrid. Within this SWNT-PVPZnP nanohybrid, static electron-transfer quenching (2.