Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) were functionalized with phenylamine and incorporated into a polyimide.  The nanotubes were functionalized via dissolving metal reduction using halophenylamine donor compounds.  Lithium metal was used as the electron donor in all reactions.  Four different halophenylamines, fluoro-, chloro-, bromo-, and iodoaniline, served as sources of the phenylamine functionality.   Spectroscopic and gravimetric analysis of the products revealed significant functionalization and the presence of amine functional groups on the carbon nanotubes.  The products of these reactions were used as comonomers and incorporated into a polyimide.

Synthesis of carbon nanotube monomers: New reagents and methods for phenylamine functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes

244th National Meeting (2012)

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