A facile high-speed vibration milling method to water-disperse singlewalled carbon nanohorns

Chunying Shu, Jianfei Zhang, Jiechao Ge, Jae Hyun Sim, Brian G. Burke, Keith A. Williams, Nichole M. Rylander, Tom Campbell, Alex Puretzky, Chris Rouleau, David B. Geohegan, Karren More, Alan R. Esker, Harry W. Gibson, Harry C. Dorn

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Abstract

A high-speed vibration milling (HSVM) method was applied to synthesize water dispersible singlewalled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs). Highly reactive free radicals (HOOCCH 2CH 2•) produced from an acyl peroxide under HSVM conditions react with hydrophobic SWNHs to produce a highly water dispersible derivative (f-SWNHs), which has been characterized in detail by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques together with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). The carboxylic acid functionalized, water-dispersible SWNHs material are versatile precursors that have potential applications in the biomedical area.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-351
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 26 2010

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