Nanotube chemistry

Research in graphite intercalates has paved the way for significant current interest in intercalation compounds of the fullerenes (Box 7.1) and carbon nanotubes, which represent wrapped up versions of graphite sheets. Graphite intercalation compounds have been prepared with intercalated fullerenes and nanotubes. We will return to carbon nanotube chemistry in Chapter 15. 

Photochemical and Radical Reactions Most photoreactions in the field of nanotube chemistry serve to the generation of reactive intermediates that attack the nanotube afterward. The functionalizing step itself is rarely photochemical. Examples of such a preparatory step prior to functionalization include the conversion of azides into nitrenes or the radical generation from acyl peroxides, iodoalkanes, etc. In the photochemical reaction of nanotubes with osmium tetroxide, on the other hand, the essential step occurs only under irradiation. 

Application of Microwave Irradiation in Fullerene and Carbon Nanotube Chemistry... 

We have shown that use of microwaves enables efficient fiillerene and carbon nanotube chemistry, both of which are of much interest in materials science. Microwaves have been used for preparation of both forms of carbon and for functionalization reactions performed with the objective of solubilizing or modifying the properties of these materials. The yields obtained by use of this technique are higher than those obtained by classical heating and reaction times are significantly... 

The purpose of this book is to summarize the basic principles of carbon nanotube chemistry in relation to the fabrication of polymer composites, but also to highlight some of the most remarkable advances that have occurred in the topic during the last recent years. Indeed, the rapid advances in the chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes have paved the way towards the fabrication of hybrid polymer-based assemblies with enhanced potential in a wide range of applications. Recent studies have shown that such carbon... 

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D. B. Shinde, V. K. Pillai, Electrochemical Preparation of Luminescent Graphene Quantum Dots from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry -A European Journal 2012,18,12522-12528. 

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Davis, J.J. Coleman, K.S. Azamian, B.R. Bagshaw, C.B. Green, M.L.H. (2003). Chemical and Biochemical Sensing with Modified Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry A European Journal, 9,3732-3739. 

D. M. Guldi, E. Menna, M. Maggini, M. Marcaccio, D. Paolucci, F. Paolucci, S. Campidelli, M. Prato, G. M. Aminur Rahman, and S. Schergna, Supramolecular hybrids of [60]fullerene and single-wall carbon nanotubes. Chemistry -A European Journal, 12 (2006), 3975-83. 

Krstic, V., Duesberg, G.S., Muster, J., Burghard, M., Roth, S., 1998. Langmuir-Blodgett films of matrix-diluted single-waUed carbon nanotubes. Chemistry of Materials 10, 2338—2340. 

Levard, C., Rose, J., Thill, A., Masion, A., Doelsch, E., Maillet, P., Spalla, O., Olivi, L., Cognigni, A., Ziarelli, F. Bottero, J.Y. (2010) Formation and growth mechanisms of imogolite-like aluminogermanate nanotubes. Chemistry Of Materials, 22, 2466-2473. 

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