title: Carbon nanotube salts. Arylation of single-wall carbon nanotubes.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Carbon nanotube salts prepared by treating single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with lithium in liquid ammonia react readily with aryl iodides to give SWNTs functionalized by aryl groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jayanta
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authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Anil K
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authors.lastname: Sadana
authors.forename: Feng
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authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jonathan M
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authors.lastname: Beach
authors.forename: Yunxuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hauge
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authors.lastname: Billups