Water-soluble, exfoliated, nonroping single-wall carbon nanotubes.
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.
Hudson
Jared L
JL
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.
Casavant
Michael J
MJ
Tour
James M
JM