Diels-Alder addition to fluorinated single walled carbon nanotubes

Fluorinated single walled carbon nanotubes ( SWNTs) undergo a facile Diels-Alder [4+2] cycloaddition with a range of dienes resulting in a C : substituent ratio between 20 : 1 to 32 : 1; IR, Raman, AFM and C-13 NMR characterization are consistent with sidewall functionalization.