In Situ Polymerization Initiated by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Salts

Autor: and James M. Tour, W. E. Billups, Feng Liang, Jonathan M. Beach, Kazufumi Kobashi, Anil K. Sadana, Yadira I. Vega-Cantú
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Chemistry of Materials. 18:4764-4767
ISSN: 1520-5002
0897-4756
DOI: 10.1021/cm0607536
Popis: Nanotube salts serve as initiators for the in situ polymerization of methyl methacrylate onto the surface of the nanotubes. The poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are soluble in chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and acetone. Atomic force microscopy images and Raman spectroscopy show that the SWNT bundles were exfoliated during the reduction, leading mostly to individual tubes.
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