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Cover Picture: Nanohybrid Shish‐Kebabs: Periodically Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes (Adv. Mater. 9/2005)
Author(s) -
Li C. Y.,
Li L.,
Cai W.,
Kodjie S. L.,
Tenneti K. K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200590046
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , surface modification , polymer , polyethylene , crystallization , nanotechnology , crystallization of polymers , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering
Abstract Carbon nanotube (CNT)‐seeded controlled polymer crystallization provides a simple yet effective means to periodically modify CNT surfaces in work reported by Li and co‐workers on p. 1198. The cover shows CNTs periodically decorated with polyethylene single crystals, with a periodicity of ∼50–70 nm. Both single‐ and multiwalled CNTs have been successfully decorated with polyethylene and Nylon 6,6, implying that coupling crystalline polymers with functional groups might be a generic method for CNT functionalization in an ordered and controlled manner.