CARBON NANOTUBES GRAFTED WITH END-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS

摘要

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have outstanding physical and chemical properties due to their idealized one-dimensional structure consisting of double bond (sp2) hybridized carbons. The practical utilization of superior properties of individual nanotubes, however, has been limited by the bundling of nanotubes, which originates from strong tube-tube interaction.