Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) exhibit a number of intriguing mechanical, thermal, and electronic properties that render them useful for numerous applications, ranging from molecular electronics to nano-scale construction materials.  Although these numerous potential applications can have a significant impact on future technologies, the commercial exploitation of SWNTs has, thus far, been extremely limited.  The low purity of SWNTs, especially with respect to metallic vs semiconducting structures has been a major impediment to their applications in electronics. Selective non-covalent functionalization of SWNTs with conjugated polymers has been reported, and provides a potentially effective strategy for SWNT purification.  Along these lines, reversible complexation is important, as this will allow selective dissolution and subsequent release of purified SWNTs.  This presentation will provide an overview of recent results involving new methods for functionalization of SWNTs with various conjugated polymers, and will touch upon the necessary parameters that enable reversible SWNT complexation.

Reversible complexation of single-walled carbon nanotubes with conjugated polymers

245th National Meeting (2013)

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