%0 Journal Article
%T Properties and Structural Studies of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes-Phosphate Ester Hybrids
%A Marina Massaro
%A Serena Riela
%A Giuseppe Cavallaro
%A Maria Luisa Saladino
%A Simonpietro Agnello
%A Renato Noto
%J International Journal of Organic Chemistry
%P 26-34
%@ 2161-4695
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijoc.2013.31A003
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">Long chain phosphate esters
bearing at least one or two aryl groups have been synthesized and used for the
preparation of stable multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) hybrids.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">The non-covalent interaction
ester/MWCNT has been in</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">vestigated by several techniques (SEM, UV-</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">vis</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">, </span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">31</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">P-NMR, RAMAN).</span></span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> The used phosphate
ester derivatives demon</span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">strated
the ability to produce an excellent dispersion of MWCNT in CHCl</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">.</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> The obtained dispersions showed a
great stability from one to at least three weeks in the range of concentration
considered.</span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\"> Thermal analysis showed an increase in the decomposition temperature for
the hybrids with respect to pristine MWCNT.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p></o:p></span> 
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%K Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Hybrids
%K Non Covalent Functionalization
%K Phosphate Esters
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=30703