Solution properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes 1998

Chen, and Hamon, and Hu, and Chen, and Rao, and Eklund, and Haddon
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Center for Applied Energy Research and Advanced Carbon Materials Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.

Naked metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were dissolved in organic solutions by derivatization with thionychloride and octadecylamine. Both ionic (charge transfer) and covalent solution-phase chemistry with concomitant modulation of the SWNT band structure were demonstrated. Solution-phase near-infrared spectroscopy was used to study the effects of chemical modifications on the band gaps of the SWNTs. Reaction of soluble SWNTs with dichlorocarbene led to functionalization of the nanotube walls.

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