Carbon nanotubes and catalysis: the many facets of a successful marriage

M Melchionna, S Marchesan, M Prato… - Catalysis Science & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes have emerged as unique carbon allotropes that bear very interesting
prospects in catalysis. Their use is mostly related to that of supports for inorganic metal …

Mussel inspired functionalization of carbon nanotubes for heavy metal ion removal

Y Xie, Q Huang, M Liu, K Wang, Q Wan, F Deng, L Lu… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely used as adsorbents to remove various
environmental pollutants because of their unique one dimensional structure, large surface …

Specific functionalization and polymer grafting on multiwalled carbon nanotubes to fabricate advanced nylon 12 composites

S Roy, T Das, Y Ming, X Chen, CY Yue… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper deals with polymer grafting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) via
ultraviolet/ozone (UV/O3) assisted polymer grafting (UVOG) in order to improve the filler …

Controlled polymerization of histidine and synthesis of well-defined stimuli responsive polymers. Elucidation of the structure–aggregation relationship of this highly …

D Mavrogiorgis, P Bilalis, A Karatzas, D Skoulas… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the synthesis of the novel monomer Nim-trityl-protected N-carboxy anhydride of
L-histidine (Trt-HIS-NCA) for the synthesis of poly (L-histidine)(PHIS). Kinetic studies of the …

In situ chemical oxidative graft polymerization of thiophene derivatives from multi-walled carbon nanotubes

B Massoumi, M Jaymand, R Samadi… - Journal of Polymer …, 2014 - Springer
We describe an effective route for the in situ chemical oxidative graft polymerization of
thiophene derivatives from multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). To this goal …

Thermoresponsive Polypeptoid‐Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Surface‐Initiated Polymerization

S Kurzhals, B Pretzner, E Reimhult… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoresponsive polypeptoids are promising candidates for medical applications due to
their biomimetic properties. When such polymers are grafted on magnetic nanoparticles …

Gold-decorated graphene nanosheets composed of a biocompatible non-charged water-soluble polypeptide

M Gkikas, GV Theodosopoulos, BP Das… - European polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanocomposite materials derived from carbon/polymer hybrids and metallic nanoparticles
are of great interest due to the wide spectrum of potential applications. In this work, the …

Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with end-capped polystyrene via a single-step Diels–Alder cycloaddition

MM Stathouraki, C Pantazidis, E Mygiakis… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
A facile, single-step,[4+ 2] Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction for the surface functionalization
of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with end-capped polystyrene chains is …

Facile synthesis of 1, 4-cis-polyisoprene–polypeptide hybrids with different architectures

AV Radchenko, J Grange, A Vax… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of polypeptide hybrids by controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of N-
carboxyanhydrides (NCA) using Schreiner's thiourea catalyst and amino-alcohol terminated …

Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides for Preparation of Polypeptides and Polypeptide-Based Hybrid Materials with Various Molecular Architectures

D Pahovnik, N Hadjichristidis - Anionic Polymerization: Principles, Practice …, 2015 - Springer
Different synthetic approaches utilizing ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides
for preparation of polypeptide and polypeptide-based hybrid materials with various …