1D optoelectronic NAno devices from ChRomophore confinement into Individual nanotubes – NACRI

In this project, our challenge is to study for the first time at a fundamental level the optoelectronic properties of hybrid individual nano-objects made of specifically-designed dyes composed of pi conjugated molecules confined inside index-identified semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes. Such systems provide a unique model to study the basic optoelectronic properties of chromophores under ultimate 1D confinement and their coupling with those of the host nanocontainer. We wish to perform proof of principle experiments that individual hybrid nanotubes can be used as novel building-blocks for optoelectronics devices (i.e. electrical-optical transducers such as photodetector or electroluminescent nano-systems).