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 EDAon carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared andRaman spectrosco...

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Main Authors: Gromov, A., Gray, N., Szilagyi, Petra, Campbell, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012
Online Access:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/JM/c2jm33348a#!divAbstract
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28040
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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 EDAon carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared andRaman spectroscopies and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). These functionalised CNTs withterminal amino groups were shown to form composite polyamide materials with uniform CNTdistribution in the polymer matrix.