Issue 5, 2009
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Green Chemistry

Decorating in green: surface esterification of carbon and cellulosic nanoparticles†

Margaret J. Sobkowicz,a   Birgit Brauna  and  John R. Dorgana  

a Department of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
E-mail: jdorgan@mines.edu
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Abstract

Fischer esterification of surface hydroxyl groups on multiwalled carbon nanotubes, carbon nanospheres, and cellulosic nanowhiskers using acetic and butyric acid is presented as a green approach to decorate the surfaces of nanoparticles.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B817223D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2008
Accepted
25 Feb 2009
First published
04 Mar 2009

Green Chem., 2009,11, 680-682

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Decorating in green: surface esterification of carbon and cellulosic nanoparticles

M. J. Sobkowicz, B. Braun and J. R. Dorgan, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 680 DOI: 10.1039/B817223D

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