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Inside Cover: Supramolecular Complexes of Multivalent Cholesterol‐Containing Polymers to Solubilize Carbon Nanotubes in Apolar Organic Solvents (Chem. Asian J. 5/2014)
Author(s) -
Nguendia Jules Zeuna,
Zhong Weiheng,
Fleury Alexandre,
De Grandpré Guillaume,
Soldera Armand,
Sabat Ribal Georges,
Claverie Jerome P.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201490013
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , polymer , dispersant , solubilization , solubility , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , dispersion (optics) , molecule , composite material , biochemistry , physics , engineering , optics
Nanotubes The manipulation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is plagued by their lack of solubility and their tendency to aggregate. A team of researchers, led by Jerome Claverie, have successfully prepared a series of polymeric dispersants which form strong supramolecular complexes with carbon nanotubes and bring them into solution in a variety of non‐polar solvents such as alkanes, THF, or aromatic solvents. In their Full Paper on page 1356 ff., highlighted on the Inside Cover, the team reports that the resulting colloidal solutions were stable over a long time and that the complexes could be dried and redispersed. No covalent modification of the sp 2 ‐extended network was necessary, thus preserving the integrity of the carbon nanotube properties.