Open AccessPhysical modification of carbon nanotubes with a dendrimer bearing terminal mercaptoundecahydrododecaborates (Na 2 B 12 H 11 S)
Author(s) -
Yamagami Masahiro,
Tajima Tomoyuki,
Ishimoto Kango,
Miyake Hideaki,
Michiue Hiroyuki,
Takaguchi Yutaka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
heteroatom chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1098-1071
pISSN - 1042-7163
DOI - 10.1002/hc.21467
Subject(s) - dendrimer , chemistry , boron , fluorescence , carbon nanotube , decane , amine gas treating , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , composite number , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
The thiol‐substituted B 12 ‐cluster mercaptoundecahydro‐ closo ‐dodecaborate Na 2 [B 12 H 11 SH ] ( BSH ) was successfully attached to a poly(amido)amine ( PAMAM ) dendrimer, which contains a bis(decyloxy)decane core. The physical modification of single‐walled carbon nanotubes ( SWCNT s) with dendrimer( SB 12 ) 4 afforded a SWCNT / dendrimer( SB 12 ) 4 nanohybrid that exhibited NIR ‐I‐to‐ NIR ‐ II fluorescence. Herein, we describe a promising strategy for in vivo imaging of boron clusters that may be widely applicable to boron neutron capture therapy.