Issue 29, 2005
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Chemical Communications

Solubilization of boron nitride nanotubes

Su-Yuan Xie,a   Wei Wang,a   K. A. Shiral Fernando,a   Xin Wang,a   Yi Lina  and  Ya-Ping Sun*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Emerging Materials and Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA
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Abstract

A successful attempt in the functionalization and solubilization of boron nitride nanotubes is reported, and a functionalization mechanism based on interactions of amino functional groups with nanotube surface borons is proposed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B505330G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2005
Accepted
20 May 2005
First published
15 Jun 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 3670-3672

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Solubilization of boron nitride nanotubes

S. Xie, W. Wang, K. A. S. Fernando, X. Wang, Y. Lin and Y. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2005, 3670 DOI: 10.1039/B505330G

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