Carbon‐Nanotube‐Templated Assembly of Rare‐Earth Phthalocyanine Nanowires

Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes are used for the templated assembly of HErPc 2 nanowires via the phase‐separation method. When the solvent is evaporated gradually, HErPc 2 nanoparticles and nanowires are found to self‐assemble on the exterior walls of CNTs, as shown in the Figure. The CNT–HErPc 2 hybrid materials exhibit improved photoconductivity owing to the contribution from the photoinduced charge transfer from HErPc 2 to CNTs.