Increased solubility, liquid-crystalline phase, and selective functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotube polyelectrolyte dispersions

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4503-4510

  Jiang, Chengmin ^a,b   Saha, Avishek ^a,b   Xiang, Changsheng ^a,b   Young, Colin C ^a,c,d   Tour, James M ^a,b,d   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b,d   Martí, Angel A ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Applied Physics Program   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

crown ethers; diameter selectivity; liquid crystal; SWCNT polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASE; NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; SELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); SOLUTION EXTRACTION; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

CENTRIFUGATION; CROWN ETHERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGANDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLUBILITY;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; SOLUBILITY;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROLYTES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84878325469     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4011544     Document Type: Article

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