Web Release Date: January 3,
Reaction of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Organic Peroxides
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251
Received: August 31, 2007
In Final Form: October 1, 2007
Abstract:
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) induce the decomposition of four diacyl peroxides by single electron transfer (SET). Phthaloyl peroxide functionalizes SWNTs to the greatest extent of the four. It was also found that t-butoxy radicals add to SWNTs but that SWNTs fail to inhibit cumene autoxidation. Thus, SWNTs are reactive to alkoxy radicals but not to alkylperoxy radicals.
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