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Thiolation of carbon nanotubes and sidewall functionalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2006

Seamus A. Curran ,
Jiri Cech ,
Donghui Zhang ,
James L. Dewald ,
Aditya Avadhanula ,
Madhuvanthi Kandadai  and
Siegmar Roth
Seamus A. Curran*
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Jiri Cech
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Donghui Zhang
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
James L. Dewald
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Aditya Avadhanula
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Madhuvanthi Kandadai
Affiliation:
New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
Siegmar Roth
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We have used transmission electron microscopy to observe the structural changes that have occurred in multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) because of acid treatment. After a thiolation reaction of the acid-treated MWCNTs using P4S10 in refluxing toluene, we have also used electron energy loss spectroscopy to characterize the changes on the nanotubes from sidewall functionalization. We have determined that the sulfur content bonded to the nanotubes is 0.6% in terms of the atomic content of the samples. Raman spectroscopy was used to examine the vibrational changes that occurred to the nanotubes as well as identifying new vibrational modes around 500 cm−1 characteristic of carbon-sulfur bonds.

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Chemical compositionElectron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)Raman spectroscopy
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 2006 , pp. 1012 - 1018
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