Dispersion and alignment of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix: a review

XL Xie, YW Mai, XP Zhou - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
Polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites are expected to have good processability
characteristics of the polymer and excellent functional properties of the CNTs. The critical …

Functionalization of carbon nanotubes

A Hirsch, O Vostrowsky - Functional Molecular Nanostructures: -/-, 2005 - Springer
Through functionalization of carbon nanotubes, ie, the attachment of appropriate chemical
functionalities onto their conjugated sp 2 carbon scaffold, the prerequisites for faciliating the …

Modifications of carbon nanotubes with polymers

P Liu - European Polymer Journal, 2005 - Elsevier
The chemical functionalizations of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could enhance their chemical
compatibility and dissolution properties, which enable both a more extensive …

Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with well-defined polystyrene by “click” coupling

H Li, F Cheng, AM Duft, A Adronov - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Covalent functionalization of alkyne-decorated SWNTs with well-defined, azide-terminated
polystyrene polymers was accomplished by the Cu (I)-catalyzed [3+ 2] Huisgen …

Applications of carbon nanotubes in biotechnology and biomedicine

E Bekyarova, Y Ni, EB Malarkey… - Journal of …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Due to their electrical, chemical, mechanical and thermal properties, carbon nanotubes are
one of the most promising materials for the electronics, computer and aerospace industries …

An explanation of dispersion states of single-walled carbon nanotubes in solvents and aqueous surfactant solutions using solubility parameters

HT Ham, YS Choi, IJ Chung - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2005 - Elsevier
Dispersions of single-walled carbon nanotubes in various solvents and aqueous surfactant
emulsions were investigated to correlate the degree of dispersion state with Hansen …

Synthesis and characterization of water soluble single-walled carbon nanotube graft copolymers

B Zhao, H Hu, A Yu, D Perea… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Poly (aminobenzene sulfonic acid)(PABS) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) were covalently
attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to form water-soluble graft …

Polyurea-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes: synthesis, morphology, and Raman spectroscopy

C Gao, YZ Jin, H Kong, RLD Whitby… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
An in situ polycondensation approach was applied to functionalize multiwalled carbon
nanotubes (MWNTs), resulting in various linear or hyperbranched polycondensed polymers …

Electronic and vibrational properties of chemically modified single-wall carbon nanotubes

M Burghard - Surface science reports, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent experimental work on the chemical functionalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes
and its implication on the tubes' electronic and vibrational properties are surveyed. The …

Multihydroxy polymer-functionalized carbon nanotubes: synthesis, derivatization, and metal loading

C Gao, CD Vo, YZ Jin, W Li, SP Armes - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were oxidized with concentrated HNO3 and H2SO4
to introduce carboxylic groups onto MWNT surfaces. The oxidized MWNTs were reacted …