Functionalization and extraction of large fullerenes and carbon-coated metal formed during the synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes by laser oven, direct current arc, and high-pressure carbon monoxide production methods

Anil K Sadana; Feng Liang; Bruce Brinson; Sivaram Arepalli; Samir Farhat; Robert H Hauge; Richard E Smalley; W E Billups

doi:10.1021/jp045582b

Functionalization and extraction of large fullerenes and carbon-coated metal formed during the synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes by laser oven, direct current arc, and high-pressure carbon monoxide production methods

J Phys Chem B. 2005 Mar 17;109(10):4416-8. doi: 10.1021/jp045582b.

Authors

Anil K Sadana¹, Feng Liang, Bruce Brinson, Sivaram Arepalli, Samir Farhat, Robert H Hauge, Richard E Smalley, W E Billups

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

PMID: 16851511
DOI: 10.1021/jp045582b

Abstract

Large fullerenes and carbon-coated metal nanoparticles that are formed during the synthesis of carbon nanotubes have been functionalized by the addition of alkyl radicals and isolated by extraction into chloroform. The soluble, functionalized fullerenes have been isolated from raw single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) material prepared by laser oven, direct current arc, and high-pressure carbon monoxide production methods. Analyses of the extracted large fullerenes were carried out by thermogravimetric analysis, UV-vis-near-IR, laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.