Sidewall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through C-N Bond Forming Substitution Reactions of Fluoronanotubes
Stevens J., Kini V.U., Huang A., Chiang I.W., Derrien G.A., Khabashesku V.N., Margrave J.L., Rice University, US
Because of the high reactivity of C-F bonds on the sidewalls of single-wall carbon nanotubes, fluorinated SWNTs (fluoronanotubes) can be used as precursors for further derivatization. One such reaction is to replace the fluorine with [...]