Functionalization of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

• Eloise Van Hooijdonk,
• Carla Bittencourt,
• Rony Snyders and
• Jean-François Colomer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 129–152, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.14

• sidewall of the CNTs is functionalized. During the functionalization, functional groups or nanoparticles can form a covalent (chemical) or a non-covalent (physical) bond with the CNT surface. The covalent functionalization (creation of a chemical bond between the CNT and the functional group or

• nanoparticle) can occur at the fullerenic caps, which are more reactive than the CNT sidewalls [16], at the defects, or exclusively at the sidewalls of the nanotubes. The non-covalent functionalization (creation of a physical bond between the CNT and the chemical group or particle) involves for instance CNTs

How to remove the influence of trace water from the absorption spectra of SWNTs dispersed in ionic liquids

• Juan Yang,
• Daqi Zhang and
• Yan Li

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 653–658, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.69

• two or three orders of magnitude higher than other suspension methods, including surfactant dispersion [11][12], DNA wrapping [13][14], polymer wrapping [15], and sidewall covalent functionalization [16][17]. As it does not involve any rigorous sonication, centrifugation, or chemical reaction, the