Thursday, February 7, 2013

Graphene and CNT functionalization

Effect of Covalent Chemistry on the Electronic Structure and Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

ELENA BEKYAROVA,†, ‡ SANTANU SARKAR,†, ‡ FEIHU WANG,†, § MIKHAIL E. ITKIS,†, ‡ IRINA KALININA,†, ‡ XIAOJUAN TIAN,†,

AND ROBERT C. HADDON*, †, ^
This review discusses electronic structure of graphene and how it explains its observed reactivity both as a DA dienophile and diene.  Also, the article discusses functionalization via diazonium chemistry and, more interestingly, formation of sandwich complexes (of graphene and CNTs) with transition metals and charge-transfer species with lithium metal.
 

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