Functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with SMA

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Guojian Wang, wanggj@mail.tongji.edu.cn, Zehua Qu, qzh1026@yahoo.com.cn, and Yan Li, yanl@mail.tongji.edu.cn. School of Materials and Science, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
Multiple-wall hydrodroxyl carbon nanotubes (MWNT-OH) were functionalized with a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer (SMA). The functionalized carbon tubes samples were analyzed and studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectra and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) compared with the unfunctionalized carbon nanotubes. According to results from the spectroscopic and electron microscopic characterizations, the carbon nanotubes are functionalized by SMA successfully.
 

General Papers: Polymers in Nanotechnology
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006