Direct grafting of carbon nanotubes with ethylenediamine

Singlewall and multiwall carbon nanotubes were covalently functionalised with ethylenediamine (EDA) in a simple one-pot process providing a good surface coverage. The successful grafting of EDA on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared and Raman spectro...

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Published inJournal of materials chemistry Vol. 22; no. 39; pp. 21242 - 21248
Main Authors Gromov, Andrei V., Gray, Nia, Szilágyi, Petra Ágota, Campbell, Eleanor E. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2012
Subjects
Carbon nanotubes
Covalence
Ethylenediamine
Grafting
Infrared
Polyamide resins
Terminals
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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Summary:Singlewall and multiwall carbon nanotubes were covalently functionalised with ethylenediamine (EDA) in a simple one-pot process providing a good surface coverage. The successful grafting of EDA on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared and Raman spectroscopies and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). These functionalised CNTs with terminal amino groups were shown to form composite polyamide materials with uniform CNT distribution in the polymer matrix.
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ISSN:0959-9428
1364-5501
DOI:10.1039/c2jm33348a