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SUBMITTER: Kabbani MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490571 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kabbani Mohamad A MA Tiwary Chandra Sekhar CS Autreto Pedro A S PA Brunetto Gustavo G Som Anirban A Krishnadas K R KR Ozden Sehmus S Hackenberg Ken P KP Gong Yongi Y Galvao Douglas S DS Vajtai Robert R Kabbani Ahmad T AT Pradeep Thalappil T Ajayan Pulickel M PM
Nature communications 20150615
Carbon nanotubes can be chemically modified by attaching various functionalities to their surfaces, although harsh chemical treatments can lead to their break-up into graphene nanostructures. On the other hand, direct coupling between functionalities bound on individual nanotubes could lead to, as yet unexplored, spontaneous chemical reactions. Here we report an ambient mechano-chemical reaction between two varieties of nanotubes, carrying predominantly carboxyl and hydroxyl functionalities, res ...[more]