Résumé:

Merging the fields of carbon nanotubes (NTs) and of organic semiconductors opens a wide range of fundamental investigations and potential applications. We developed a two step covalent functionalization method in order to graft complex Pi-conjugated systems on NT sidewalls. In a first step, iodoaniline or iododiphenylacetylene is anchored via the diazonium reaction. Several organometallic coupling reactions, as illustrated on figure 1, have been tested as a second step. The simpliest hybrid systems obtained are illustrated on figure 1 but several other much more complex have been successfully grafted. The hybrid systems obtained have been studied by resonant Raman spectroscopy, XPS, optical absorption and photoluminescence. The impact of functionalization on the properties of both moieties will be discussed and the different chemical reactions used will be compared.