4-Substituted Benzoic Acids Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Mild Polyphosphoric Acid/Phosphorous Pentoxide

Autor: Xing Xiang Zhang, Wei Wei Peng, Li Chen Hou, Hai Hui Liu, Ning Wang, Yan Mei Jin
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Advanced Materials Research. :768-773
ISSN: 1662-8985
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.217-218.768
Popis: Pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (P-MWNTs) were functionalized with 4-substituted benzoic acid via ‘‘direct’’ Friedel-Crafts acylation in mild reaction medium of polyphosphoric acid (PPA)/phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5). Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, transmission electron microscopy were applied in this paper to demonstrate that multi-walled carbon nanotubes inherently have functional groups on their surfaces as a result of the reaction. The overall evidence indicates that the 4-substituted benzoic acid functionalization of carbon nanotube can be achieved without oxidation as pre-treatment. Thus, aryl carbonyl moieties with different length of 4-substituted alkyl acyl amine functionalized MWNTs(F-MWNTs) can be synthesized simply, without disrupting the primary structures of the nanotubes.
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