文摘
A method has been developed for creating bulk quantities of water-soluble single-walled carbonnanotubes (SWNTs) that contain multifunctional, acid-sensitive addends. Utilizing aryl diazonium salts,the repetitive functionalization protocol can yield multifunctional SWNTs containing moieties that wouldnot be stable to the harsh oleum functionalization conditions used previously. The presence ofmultifunctionality on the SWNTs has been confirmed using Raman spectroscopy, thermal gravimetricanalysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.