Issue 36, 2016, Issue in Progress

Silsesquioxane-cored star amphiphilic polymer as an efficient dispersant for multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Abstract

One octopus-shaped amphiphilic polymer was used to functionalize MWNTs for the first time. Characterization results showed that the octopus-shaped amphiphilic polymer was much more efficient at modifying MWNTs than linear polymers in aqueous or acetone solution. The hydrophobic cubic-silsesquioxane core locally anchored to the surface of the nanotubes, while the arms of the RAFT polymer extended into the aqueous solution, thus imparting steric stabilization to the nanotube dispersion.

Graphical abstract: Silsesquioxane-cored star amphiphilic polymer as an efficient dispersant for multi-walled carbon nanotubes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jan 2016
Accepted
10 Mar 2016
First published
11 Mar 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 30401-30404

Silsesquioxane-cored star amphiphilic polymer as an efficient dispersant for multi-walled carbon nanotubes

S. Gao, Z. Yu, K. Xu, J. Peng, Y. Xing, Y. Ren and M. Chen, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 30401 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA00130K

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