Non-covalent ruthenium polypyridyl complexes-carbon nanotubes composites: an alternative for functional dissolution
Disha Jain1, Avishek Saha, Angel A Martí
1Department of Chemistry, MS-60, Rice University, 6100 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 25, 2011
Abstract:
The dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in the presence of water soluble polypyridyl complexes of the general formula [Ru(x)(bpy)(y)L](2+) (L = dppz, dppn, tpphz) is reported. These ligands have extended planar π systems, which aid in the solubilization of SWCNTs via π-π interactions.
