title: Dispersion of carbon nanotubes by photo- and thermal-responsive polymers containing azobenzene unit in the backbone.
abstract: Photo- and thermal-responsive polymers containing azobenzene units in the main chain have been utilized as removable dispersants for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in organic solvents. Intermolecular interactions between SWNTs and the polymers are reversibly controllable by tuning the trans-cis composition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umeyama
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Noriyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matano
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyato
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushige
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isoda
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imahori
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007536:Isomerism; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents; C009850:azobenzene