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Experimental and Computational Investigations of the Properties of Fluorinated Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Bettinger Holger F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200300854
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , selective chemistry of single walled nanotubes , surface modification , materials science , nanotechnology , fluorine , carbon fibers , carbon nanobud , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , chemical engineering , nanotube , chemistry , composite material , composite number , engineering , metallurgy
Fluorination of single‐walled carbon nanotubes by reaction with elemental fluorine at elevated temperatures provides fluorinated single‐walled carbon nanotubes (F‐SWNT), which have the highest degree of functionalization (up to F/C=1/2) of any derivatized carbon‐nanotube material reported to date. Also, F‐SWNTs have received more scrutiny than any other functionalized carbon nanotubes. This Minireview covers experimental and computational investigations of F‐SWNTs with a focus on the nature and the strength of the C–F linkage.