Defection-selective solubilization and chemically-responsive solubility switching of single-walled carbon nanotubes with cucurbit[7]uril

Tomoki Ogoshi; Ayumi Inagaki; Tada-Aki Yamagishi; Yoshiaki Nakamoto

doi:10.1039/b801546e

Defection-selective solubilization and chemically-responsive solubility switching of single-walled carbon nanotubes with cucurbit[7]uril

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 May 21:(19):2245-7. doi: 10.1039/b801546e. Epub 2008 Mar 12.

Authors

Tomoki Ogoshi¹, Ayumi Inagaki, Tada-Aki Yamagishi, Yoshiaki Nakamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. ogoshi@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

PMID: 18463754
DOI: 10.1039/b801546e

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were suspended in aqueous media with cucurbit[7]uril (CB7), while SWCNTs were insoluble with cucurbit[5]uril (CB5). Moreover, defection-selective solubilization of SWCNTs with CB7 was demonstrated.