Chemical reactions inside single-walled carbon nano test-tubes.
We report the application of SWNTs as templates for forming covalent polymeric chains from C(60)O reacting inside SWNTs; the resulting peapod polymer topology is different from the bulk polymer in that it is linear and unbranched.
Britz
David A
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University of Oxford, Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3PH. david.britz@materials.ox.ac.uk
Khlobystov
Andrei N
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Porfyrakis
Kyriakos
K
Ardavan
Arzhang
A
Briggs
G Andrew D
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