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Sidewall Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Holzinger Michael,
Vostrowsky Otto,
Hirsch Andreas,
Hennrich Frank,
Kappes Manfred,
Weiss Robert,
Jellen Frank
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20011105)40:21<4002::aid-anie4002>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - surface modification , nitrene , carbon nanotube , carbene , nucleophile , nanotechnology , covalent bond , adduct , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
The addition of nitrenes, nucleophilic carbenes, and radicals affords soluble, individual single‐walled nanotubes (shown here is a carbene‐functionalized adduct) by covalent sidewall functionalization. The characterization, a fundamental problem in nanotube chemistry, is simple to carry out.