TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation and surface functionalization of MWCNTs
T2 - study of the composite materials produced by the interaction with an iron phthalocyanine complex
AU - Asedegbega-Nieto, Esther
AU - Perez-Cadenas, Maria
AU - Carter, Jonathan
AU - Anderson, James A.
AU - Guerrero-Ruiz, Antonio
PY - 2011/4/20
Y1 - 2011/4/20
N2 - Carbon nanotubes [CNTs] were synthesized by the catalytic vapor decomposition method. Thereafter, they were functionalized in order to incorporate the oxygen groups (OCNT) and subsequently the amine groups (ACNT). All three CNTs (the as-synthesized and functionalized) underwent reaction with an iron organometallic complex (FePcS), iron(III) phthalocyanine-4,4",4",4""-tetrasulfonic acid, in order to study the nature of the interaction between this complex and the CNTs and the potential formation of nanocomposite materials. Transmission electronic microscopy, N-2 adsorption at 77 K, thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed desorption, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were the characterization techniques employed to confirm the successful functionalization of CNTs as well as the type of interaction existing with the FePcS. All results obtained led to the same conclusion: There were no specific chemical interactions between CNTs and the fixed FePcS.
AB - Carbon nanotubes [CNTs] were synthesized by the catalytic vapor decomposition method. Thereafter, they were functionalized in order to incorporate the oxygen groups (OCNT) and subsequently the amine groups (ACNT). All three CNTs (the as-synthesized and functionalized) underwent reaction with an iron organometallic complex (FePcS), iron(III) phthalocyanine-4,4",4",4""-tetrasulfonic acid, in order to study the nature of the interaction between this complex and the CNTs and the potential formation of nanocomposite materials. Transmission electronic microscopy, N-2 adsorption at 77 K, thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed desorption, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were the characterization techniques employed to confirm the successful functionalization of CNTs as well as the type of interaction existing with the FePcS. All results obtained led to the same conclusion: There were no specific chemical interactions between CNTs and the fixed FePcS.
KW - carbon
KW - oxidation
KW - sensor
U2 - 10.1186/1556-276X-6-353
DO - 10.1186/1556-276X-6-353
M3 - Article
SN - 1931-7573
VL - 6
JO - Nanoscale Research Letters
JF - Nanoscale Research Letters
M1 - 353
ER -