Single-walled carbon nanotubes template the one-dimensional ordering of a polythiophene derivative.
We have used a mechanochemical high-speed vibration milling (HSVM) technique to solubilize single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in organic solvents through the formation of complexes between the SWNTs and a polythiophene (PT) derivative. This HSVM approach is superior to the conventional sonication method used to solubilize SWNTs in organic solvents. Moreover, we found that in these supramolecular complexes the PT chains were ordered one-dimensionally on the SWNT surfaces in organic solvents. [structure: see text].
Ikeda
Atsushi
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Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan. aikeda@ms.naist.jp
Nobusawa
Kazuyuki
K
Hamano
Tomoe
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Kikuchi
Jun-ichi
J