Ionic liquids go bucky

Carbon nanotubes and room-temperature ionic liquids can be blended to form gels that may be used to make novel electronic devices, coating materials, and antistatic materials, according to researchers in Japan. University of Tokyo chemistry professor Takuzo Aida, researcher Takanori Fukushima, and c...

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Published inChemical & Engineering News Vol. 81; no. 26; p. 7
Main Author Freemantle, Michael
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Chemical Society 30.06.2003
Subjects
Chemical bonds
Chemistry
Ions
Materials science
Japan
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Summary:Carbon nanotubes and room-temperature ionic liquids can be blended to form gels that may be used to make novel electronic devices, coating materials, and antistatic materials, according to researchers in Japan. University of Tokyo chemistry professor Takuzo Aida, researcher Takanori Fukushima, and coworkers prepare the bucky gel materials by grinding suspensions of high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes in imidazolium cation-based ionic liquids in an agate mortar.
ISSN:0009-2347
1520-605X