Solubilization of Single??Walled Carbon Nanotubes by using Polycyclic Aromatic Ammonium Amphiphiles in Water—Strategy for the Design of High??Performance …

…, H Murakami, N Nakashima

Index: Tomonari, Yasuhiko; Murakami, Hiroto; Nakashima, Naotoshi Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006 , vol. 12, # 15 p. 4027 - 4034

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Abstract We describe the design of polycyclic aromatic compounds with high performance that dissolve single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Synthetic amphiphiles trimethyl-(2- oxo-2-phenylethyl)-ammonium bromide (1) and trimethyl-(2-naphthalen-2-yl-2-oxo-ethyl)- ammonium bromide (2) carrying a phenyl or a naphtyl moiety were not able to dissolve/disperse SWNTs in water. By contrast, trimethyl-(2-oxo-2-phenanthren-9-yl-ethyl) ...