title: Graphite powder and multiwalled carbon nanotubes chemically modified with 4-nitrobenzylamine.
abstract: We demonstrate that graphite powder and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can be derivatised by 4-nitrobenzylamine (4-NBA) simply by stirring the graphite powder or MWCNTs in a solution of acetonitrile containing 10 mM 4-NBA. We propose that 4-NBA partially intercalates at localised edge-plane or edge-plane-like defect sites and this hypothesis with a range of experimental data provided by electrochemistry in both aqueous and nonaqueous media, electron microscopy and X-ray powder diffraction.
authors.affiliation: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK.
authors.forename: Gregory G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wildgoose
authors.forename: Shelley J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Gareth R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: France
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Carnahan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Timothy G J
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Compton