Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by electrochemical reduction of aryl diazonium salts: a bucky paper electrode

…, J Yang, DV Kosynkin, MJ Bronikowski…

Index: Bahr; Yang; Kosynkin; Bronikowski; Smalley; Tour Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 27 p. 6536 - 6542

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Citation Number: 1417

Abstract

Small-diameter (ca. 0.7 nm) single-wall carbon nanotubes are predicted to display enhanced reactivity relative to larger-diameter nanotubes due to increased curvature strain. The derivatization of these small-diameter nanotubes via electrochemical reduction of a variety of aryl diazonium salts is described. The estimated degree of functionalization is as high as one out of every 20 carbons in the nanotubes bearing a functionalized moiety. The ...