title: Water-soluble, exfoliated, nonroping single-wall carbon nanotubes.
abstract: The scalable superacid solvent, radical-initiated aryldiazonium functionalization process produces individual SWNTs without the need for surfactant wrapping, centrifugation, or sonication. This work provides a facile pathway to aryl sulfonic acid-functionalized SWNTs that are not roped or bundled, and the functionalized nanotubes are water soluble.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, MS 222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jared L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Casavant
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour