title: Stabilization of single-wall carbon nanotubes in fully sulfonated polyaniline.
abstract: The interaction of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) with an aqueous solution of the fully sulfonated polyaniline poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PMAS) and (+)-1-phenylethylamine (PhEA) has been investigated using spectroscopic methods. UV-vis spectral measurements show that the PMAS backbone undergoes conformational changes upon interaction with both SWNT and PhEA. Partial intercalation of PMAS into SWNTbundles was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre for Nanostructured Electromaterials, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: in het Panhuis
authors.forename: Leon A P
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kane-Maguire
authors.forename: Simon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moulton
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Innis
authors.forename: Gordon G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013450:Sulfones / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D010627:Phenethylamines; D011108:Polymers; D013450:Sulfones; C084386:polyaramid-polysulfone