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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 48, Issue 16, Pages 5624-5632Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-013-7357-y
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- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Chinese University [NCET-11-0372]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012BAD29B05, 2012YQ090194, 2012AA06A303]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21276192, 51173128, 31071509]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China [B06006]
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Inexpensive, non-toxic, and biocompatible materials that can disperse multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in aqueous solutions through a non-covalent approach while retaining their unique electronic and photonic properties are highly preferred. In this article, we introduce the use of an amphiphilic dipeptide derivative, aspartame, as an effective dispersing agent in preparing highly stable suspensions under ultrasonication. The results demonstrate that aspartame was absorbed by the nanotube surface possibly because of non-covalent pi-pi stacking between the aromatic group of aspartame and the CNT backbone. In addition, the resulting MWCNT/aspartame composites remained stably dispersed over a wide range of pH values. The chronoamperometric measurements of MWCNT/aspartame composite-coated electrodes for hydrogen peroxide demonstrated better electrochemical detection performance, as characterized by significantly enhanced step current, higher sensitivity, and reduced potential compared with bare electrodes.
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