Journal
CARBON
Volume 46, Issue 13, Pages 1670-1677Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.07.017
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- National Natural Science Foundation [50503004, 50503001]
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A silica-polymer-carbon nanotube hybrid was prepared in which the nanotubes were encapsulated by poly(3-acrylaminopropylsiloxane) with silica nanospheres on the polymer surface. First, highly reactive poly(acryloyl chloride) (PAC) was grafted onto the nanotubes through the reaction of side acyl chloride groups with hydroxyl groups present on the surface of acid-oxidized nanotubes. Second, reacting 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane with the grafted PAC through the reaction between amino and acyl chloride groups, siloxane-containing sub-grafts were introduced onto the primary PAC grafts. Third, silica nanospheres were covalently linked to the sub-grafts by condensation to form a nanotube-polymer-silica hybrid. Each intermediate structure was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM observation revealed a nanostructure in which the nanotube was encapsulated with a polymer layer bearing silica nanospheres on its surface. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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