Issue 47, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Removal of amorphous carbon for the efficient sidewall functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes†

Lidong Shao,a   Gerard Tobias,*a   Christoph G. Salzmann,a   Belén Ballesteros,a   Sung You Hong,b   Alison Crossley,c   Benjamin G. Davisb  and  Malcolm L. H. Greena  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
E-mail: gerard.tobias@chem.ox.ac.uk
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b Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK

c BegbrokeNano, Department of Materials, Oxford University, Begbroke Science Park, Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford, UK

Abstract

The sidewall functionalisation of carbon nanotubes using the standard nitric acid treatment can be greatly enhanced by first removing the amorphous carbon present in the sample.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B712614J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Aug 2007
Accepted
28 Sep 2007
First published
05 Oct 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 5090-5092

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Removal of amorphous carbon for the efficient sidewall functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes

L. Shao, G. Tobias, C. G. Salzmann, B. Ballesteros, S. Y. Hong, A. Crossley, B. G. Davis and M. L. H. Green, Chem. Commun., 2007, 5090 DOI: 10.1039/B712614J

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