  This dissertation aims to demonstrate that photoluminescence spectroscopy
could be an efficient technique of functionalized carbon nanotube detection and
imaging. The advances in nanotechnology and the potential growth in carbon
nanotubes production, in which if control mechanisms not in place for safely
disposing off nanotubes, these nanotubes could pose as an environmental
pollutant, due to the severe, persistent and bio-accumulative nature of these
compounds. Therefore, the need for this scientific research is timely in case
of some technological disaster. Besides, the study on interaction of carbon
nanotubes with various organic materials provide a new knowledge and
opportunities for potential application of the nanotubes.

Applied Physics