Title

Dispersion of pristine carbon nanotubes using conjugated block copolymers

Authors

Authors

J. H. Zou; L. W. Liu; H. Chen; S. I. Khondaker; R. D. McCullough; Q. Huo;L. Zhai

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Adv. Mater.

Keywords

EPOXY COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLUBILIZATION; ADSORPTION; THRESHOLD; DYNAMICS; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience &; Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

A complete dispersion of both single-wall and multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to individual tube level is achieved using a conjugated block copolymer without chemical modification of the pristine CNTs. The block copolymer contains two structural segments, a conjugated poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) segment and a polystyrene (PS) segment. The P3HT block forms pi-pi interactions with CNTs, while the polystyrene block provides a good solubility to the debundled carbon nanotubes. This approach is generic for carbon nanotube dispersion.

Journal Title

Advanced Materials

Volume

20

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200701995

Language

English

First Page

2055

Last Page

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WOS Identifier

WOS:000257044600005

ISSN

0935-9648

Recommended Citation

"Dispersion of pristine carbon nanotubes using conjugated block copolymers" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1221.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1221