Published in
American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, 6(18), p. 1520-1524, 2006
DOI: 10.1021/cm0526967
Links
Tools
Highly Exfoliated Water-Soluble Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Journal article published in 2006 by
Feng Liang,
Jonathan M. Beach,
Pradeep K. Rai,
Wenhua Guo,
Robert H. Hauge,
Matteo Pasquali 
,
Richard E. Smalley,
W. E. Billups
,
Richard E. Smalley,
W. E. Billups
This paper is available in a repository.
Full text: Download
Preprint: archiving allowed
- Must obtain written permission from Editor
- Must not violate ACS ethical Guidelines
Postprint:
archiving restricted
- Must obtain written permission from Editor
- Must not violate ACS ethical Guidelines
Published version:
archiving forbidden
Data provided by 
Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized by phenyl groups can be sulfonated in oleum (H 2 SO 4 , 20% free SO 3) to give materials that exhibit high solubility in water as determined by centrifugation in conjunction with UV-vis-near-infrared measurements. Cryo-transmission electron microscopy images show that extensive debundling occurs during the sulfonation step.