Highly functionalized and soluble multiwalled carbon nanotubes by reductive alkylation and arylation: The billups reaction

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4658-4661

  Stephenson, Jason J ^a   Sadana, Anil K ^a   Higginbotham, Amanda L ^a   Tour, James M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION;

ALKYLATION; AMMONIA; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33749573246     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm060832h     Document Type: Article

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