Reductive dismantling and functionalization of carbon nanohorns

Damien Voiry; Georgia Pagona; Elisa Del Canto; Luca Ortolani; Vittorio Morandi; Laure Noé; Marc Monthioux; Nikos Tagmatarchis; Alain Penicaud

doi:10.1039/c4cc10389k

Reductive dismantling and functionalization of carbon nanohorns

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Mar 25;51(24):5017-9. doi: 10.1039/c4cc10389k.

Authors

Damien Voiry¹, Georgia Pagona, Elisa Del Canto, Luca Ortolani, Vittorio Morandi, Laure Noé, Marc Monthioux, Nikos Tagmatarchis, Alain Penicaud

Affiliation

¹ CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641, F-33600 Pessac, and University of Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600 Pessac, France. penicaud@crpp-bordeaux.cnrs.fr.

PMID: 25703482
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10389k

Abstract

Reduction of carbon nanohorn (CNH) aggregates with potassium naphthalenide resulted in their dismantling and individualization. Furthermore, the reduced CNHs were functionalized via addition of electrophiles.