Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes

Y Lin, S Taylor, H Li, KAS Fernando, L Qu… - Journal of Materials …, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioapplications of carbon nanotubes have been predicted and explored ever since the
discovery of these one-dimensional carbon allotropes. Indeed, carbon nanotubes have …

Preparation of single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced polystyrene and polyurethane nanofibers and membranes by electrospinning

R Sen, B Zhao, D Perea, ME Itkis, H Hu, J Love… - Nano …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) reinforced polymer composite membranes have
been fabricated using the electrospinning technique. Nanofibers with a diameter in the …

Mechanical and morphological characterization of polymer–carbon nanocomposites from functionalized carbon nanotubes

MC Paiva, B Zhou, KAS Fernando, Y Lin, JM Kennedy… - Carbon, 2004 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes were functionalized with poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA). The water-soluble
PVA–functionalized carbon nanotubes were then embedded into PVA matrix via a wet …

Polyimide-functionalized carbon nanotubes: synthesis and dispersion in nanocomposite films

L Qu, Y Lin, DE Hill, B Zhou, W Wang, X Sun… - …, 2004 - ACS Publications
In the preparation of high-quality polymeric carbon nanocomposites, the full compatibility of
carbon nanotubes as the filler with the matrix polymer is required. For such a purpose, an …

Protein-affinity of single-walled carbon nanotubes in water

Y Lin, LF Allard, YP Sun - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2004 - ACS Publications
The interactions of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with ferritin protein in water
were investigated. It was found that SWNTs are naturally protein-affinitive in an aqueous …

Growing multihydroxyl hyperbranched polymers on the surfaces of carbon nanotubes by in situ ring-opening polymerization

Y Xu, C Gao, H Kong, D Yan, YZ Jin… - Macromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
An in situ ring-opening polymerization strategy was employed to grow multihydroxyl
dendritic macromolecules on the convex surfaces of multiwalled carbon nanotubes …

Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with Prussian blue

Y Zhang, Y Wen, Y Liu, D Li, J Li - Electrochemistry Communications, 2004 - Elsevier
Chemical functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has constructed
plenty of new structures with ample new properties into them. But the modification was often …

A novel nanocomposite from multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a conducting polymer

B Philip, J Xie, A Chandrasekhar… - Smart materials and …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
A nanocomposite of a multiwalled carbon nanotube and polythiophene was prepared by
functionalizing the nanotube surface with a polythiophene, poly [3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2, 5 …

Preparation and utilization of catalyst-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes for ring-opening metathesis polymerization

Y Liu, A Adronov - Macromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes were oxidatively shortened and functionalized with
ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts. These catalyst-functionalized nanotubes were …

Preparing a Styrenic Polymer Composite Containing Well-Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes:  Anionic Polymerization of a Nanotube-Bound p-Methylstyrene

IC Liu, HM Huang, CY Chang, HC Tsai, CH Hsu… - …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Multiple-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were chemically modified by a ligand-
exchange reaction of ferrocene (Cp-Fe-Cp). The modified MWNTs (Cp-Fe-MWNTs) were …