Removal of amorphous carbon for the efficient sidewall functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
The sidewall functionalisation of carbon nanotubes using the standard nitric acid treatment can be greatly enhanced by first removing the amorphous carbon present in the sample.
Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QR.
Lidong
L
Shao
Gerard
G
Tobias
Christoph G
CG
Salzmann
Belén
B
Ballesteros
Sung You
SY
Hong
Alison
A
Crossley
Benjamin G
BG
Davis
Malcolm L H
ML
Green
D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005374:Filtration; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D002244:Carbon