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| Single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes have generated considerable interest in the light of their many potentially useful applications. In this work, both types of fluorinated versions of carbon nanotubes were treated with 1, 4- diaminobutane to introduce the amino functional groups. The resulting products were cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and the cross-linked products reduced to the more stable amine with sodium cyanoborohydride (NaBH3CN). The intermediates and cross-linked products were characterized by TEM, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and TGA. An evaluation of the functional properties of the cross-linked carbon nanotubes is underway. Youcelyne Larosea; Christopher O. Ikediobia; Lambert T. Ayuk-Takema ; Lekan, M. Latinwob ; Zhiyong Liangc Departments of Chemistrya and Biologyb, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineeringc, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307
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Combinatorial, Parallel and Process Chemistry, Heterocycles, Aromatics, New Reactions and Methodology
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Poster
Division of Organic Chemistry |