Functionalizing nanotubes for solubility

Ya-Ping Sun and coworkers at Clemson University, NASA Langley Research Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have functionalized single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with derivitized polyimides to promote the formation of homogeneous nanotube dispersions [Hill et al., Macromolecules...

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Published in:Materials today (Kidlington, England) England), 2005-10, Vol.8 (10), p.9-9
Main Author: Borchardt, John K.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Ya-Ping Sun and coworkers at Clemson University, NASA Langley Research Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have functionalized single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with derivitized polyimides to promote the formation of homogeneous nanotube dispersions [Hill et al., Macromolecules (2005) 38 (18), 7670]. Surface defects on the CNTs were oxidized to produce carboxyl groups, which were then esterified with pendant hydroxyl groups of a derivitized polyimide.
ISSN:1369-7021
DOI:10.1016/S1369-7021(05)71110-X