Diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubesThis article is part of the 'Carbon Nanostructures' web-theme issue for ChemComm

We demonstrate diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubes by recycling a modified Billups-Birch reaction. The strong diameter dependence was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. Alkylcarboxylation made SWNTs soluble in water, allowing the more readily functional...

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Main Authors: Deng, Shunliu, Brozena, Alexandra H, Zhang, Yin, Piao, Yanmei, Wang, YuHuang
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Summary:We demonstrate diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubes by recycling a modified Billups-Birch reaction. The strong diameter dependence was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. Alkylcarboxylation made SWNTs soluble in water, allowing the more readily functionalized, smaller diameter nanotubes to be enriched by water extraction. Diameter-dependent, progressive alkylcarboxylation of single-walled carbon nanotubes was demonstrated by recycling a modified Billups-Birch reaction. Alkylcarboxylation made SWNTs soluble in water, allowing the more readily functionalized, smaller diameter nanotubes to be enriched by water extraction.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c0cc03896b