Abstract
The unusually chiral-structure-dependent properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are also strongly influenced by their internal and external environment, which can therefore be investigated through optical spectroscopy.[1,2] In order to study this influence in detail, we developed a hyperspectral IR fluorescence imaging setup based on a microscope with a liquid crystal tunable filter. By resolving the spectra of individual SWCNTs, and even along the length of SWCNTs, the effect of inhomogeneous broadening is largely eliminated, and spectral details can be resolved which are inaccessible in bulk spectroscopy. An automated image processing scheme is used to obtain statistics on large numbers of individual SWCNTs. In particular, we show that not only the spectral shift in emission between empty and water-filled[1] chirality sorted SWCNTs can be resolved, but even separate emission peaks are observed for the left- and right-handed enantiomers, which interact slightly differently with the chiral surfactant with which they are coated. The approach is particularly promising for the quantification of enantio-selective separation results.[1] W. Wenseleers et al., Adv. Mater. 19, 2274 (2007); S. Cambré and W. Wenseleers, Angew. Chem. 50, 2764 (2011); S. Cambré et al., ACS Nano 6, 2649 (2012). [2] J. Campo et al., ACS Nano 2021, 15, 2301−2317.
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