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Functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with bis(2,2':6',2"-terpyridine) ruthenium(II)-connected diblock
Huayang Li1, Jie Wu, Conrad W Ingram
1CREST (Center for research Excellence in Science and Technology) Center for Functional Nanoscale Materials, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA.
Abstract:
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were functionalized with a bis(2,2':6',2"-terpyridine) ruthenium(ll)-connected diblock poly(N-isopropyacryamide) (RuTpyPNIPAM) by a simple methodology of covalent amidation. The composition and structure of the functionalized ruthenium multi-walled carbon nanotubes (RuMWCNTs) were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). These characterization methods confirm that after functionalization, ruthenium metallopolymer are interconnected or attached as aggregated structures on the surface of the carbon nanotubes.
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