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.
Shao
Lidong
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Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QR.
Tobias
Gerard
G
Salzmann
Christoph G
CG
Ballesteros
Belén
B
Hong
Sung You
SY
Crossley
Alison
A
Davis
Benjamin G
BG
Green
Malcolm L H
ML
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