Rapid and controllable covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes at room temperature

Yadienka Martínez-Rubí; Jingwen Guan; Shuqiong Lin; Christine Scriver; Ralph E Sturgeon; Benoit Simard

doi:10.1039/b712299c

Rapid and controllable covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes at room temperature

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Dec 28:(48):5146-8. doi: 10.1039/b712299c. Epub 2007 Oct 12.

Authors

Yadienka Martínez-Rubí¹, Jingwen Guan, Shuqiong Lin, Christine Scriver, Ralph E Sturgeon, Benoit Simard

Affiliation

¹ Molecular and Nanomaterial Architectures Group, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 18060123
DOI: 10.1039/b712299c

Abstract

We report a rapid and efficient procedure to functionalize SWNT where free radicals generated at room temperature by a redox reaction between reduced SWNT and diacyl peroxide derivatives were covalently attached to the SWNT wall.