Functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with thermo-responsive azide-terminated poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) via click reactions

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4599-4612

  Su, Xin ^a,b   Shuai, Ya ^b,c   Guo, Zanru ^b,c   Feng, Yujun ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Click chemistry; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; NIPAM; RAFT; Temperature responsive

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE; AZIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLICK CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACRYLAMIDES; ALKYNES; AZIDES; CLICK CHEMISTRY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84876745729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18044599     Document Type: Article

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