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Ionic Liquids on Photoinduced Nanotube Composite Arrays as a Reaction Medium
Author(s) -
Miyako Eijiro,
Itoh Tamitake,
Nara Yoji,
Hirotsu Takahiro
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200901348
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , composite number , carbon nanotube , ionic bonding , materials science , nanotube , laser , chemical engineering , thermal , nanotechnology , irradiation , ultrashort pulse , composite material , catalysis , chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , ion , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , nuclear physics
Attractive tubes : When triggered by very low powered near‐infrared laser irradiation, photoimmobilized single‐walled carbon nanotube composite arrays can provide ultrafast thermal control of room‐temperature ionic liquids and quickly produce many poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide) microspheres in water‐in‐ionic‐liquid emulsions (see figure).