Single-walled carbon nanotubes as nano-electrode and nano-reactor to control the pathways of a redox reaction

Robert L McSweeney; Thomas W Chamberlain; E Stephen Davies; Andrei N Khlobystov

doi:10.1039/c4cc06964a

Single-walled carbon nanotubes as nano-electrode and nano-reactor to control the pathways of a redox reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Nov 28;50(92):14338-40. doi: 10.1039/c4cc06964a.

Authors

Robert L McSweeney¹, Thomas W Chamberlain, E Stephen Davies, Andrei N Khlobystov

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 25286415
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06964a

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been demonstrated as effective nanoscale containers for a redox active organometallic complex Cp(Me)Mn(CO)3, acting simultaneously as nano-electrode and nano-reactor. Extreme spatial confinement of the redox reaction within the nanotubes changes its pathway compared to bulk solution due to stabilisation of a reactive intermediate.