Issue 34, 2009
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Microcapsules containing suspensions of carbon nanotubes†

Mary M. Caruso,a   Stuart R. Schelkopf,a   Aaron C. Jackson,b   Alexandra M. Landry,c   Paul V. Braunab  and  Jeffrey S. Moore*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, U.S.A
E-mail: jsmoore@illinois.edu
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b Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

c Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Abstract

Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) suspended in chlorobenzene (PhCl) and ethyl phenylacetate (EPA) were incorporated into microcapsules using an in situemulsification polymerization of urea-formaldehyde; the capsules release the SWNTs upon mechanical rupture.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910673A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jun 2009
Accepted
16 Jul 2009
First published
24 Jul 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 6093-6096

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Microcapsules containing suspensions of carbon nanotubes

M. M. Caruso, S. R. Schelkopf, A. C. Jackson, A. M. Landry, P. V. Braun and J. S. Moore, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 6093 DOI: 10.1039/B910673A

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