@article{MalicWeberRichteretal.2011,
  author    = {Malic, E. and Weber, C. and Richter, M. and Atalla, V. and Klamroth, Tillmann and Saalfrank, Peter and Reich, Sebastian and Knorr, A.},
  title     = {Microscopic model of the optical absorption of carbon nanotubes functionalized with molecular spiropyran photoswitches},
  series = {Physical review letters},
  volume    = {106},
  journal   = {Physical review letters},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  address   = {College Park},
  issn      = {0031-9007},
  doi       = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.097401},
  pages     = {4},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The adsorption of molecules to the surface of carbon nanostructures opens a new field of hybrid systems with distinct and controllable properties. We present a microscopic study of the optical absorption in carbon nanotubes functionalized with molecular spiropyran photoswitches. The switching process induces a change in the dipole moment leading to a significant coupling to the charge carriers in the nanotube. As a result, the absorption spectra of functionalized tubes reveal a considerable redshift of transition energies depending on the switching state of the spiropyran molecule. Our results suggest that carbon nanotubes are excellent substrates for the optical readout of spiropyran-based molecular switches. The gained insights can be applied to other noncovalently functionalized one-dimensional nanostructures in an externally induced dipole field.},
  language  = {en}
}