Chemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

In this Account we highlight the experimental evidence in favor of our view that carbon nanotubes should be considered as a new macromolecular form of carbon with unique properties and with great potential for practical applications. We show that carbon nanotubes may take on properties that are normally associated with molecular species, such as solubility in organic solvents, solution-based chemical transformations, chromatography, and spectroscopy. It is already clear that the nascent field of nanotube chemistry will rival that of the fullerenes.

Keywords

Carbon nanotubeFullereneChemistryCarbon fibersMacromoleculeCarbon nanobudNanotechnologySelective chemistry of single-walled nanotubesSolubilityNanotubeOrganic chemistryOptical properties of carbon nanotubesMaterials science

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University of California, Riverside US

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 35
Issue: 12
Pages: 1105-1113
Citations: 1537
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                                    Sandip Niyogi, 
                                
                                    M. A. Hamon, 
                                
                                    Haoquan Hu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Chemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. 
                            Accounts of Chemical Research
                            , 35
                            (12)
                            , 1105-1113.
                            https://doi.org/10.1021/ar010155r
                        

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DOI: 10.1021/ar010155r
PMID: 12484799

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