Decorating Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature-Responsive Polymer Shells via Surface-Initiated Redox Polymerization

作者：Yang Zhi^*; Yang Xingkai; Chen Shufen; Zhang Chunlan

来源：Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry , 2014, 51(12): 999-1003.

DOI：10.1080/10601325.2014.967098

• surface-initiated
• redox polymerization
• carbon nanotubes
• temperature-responsive

The temperature-responsive multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared by decorating MWCNTs with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) chains via surface-initiated redox polymerization. Chemical structure of resulting product and the quantities of grafted polymer were determined by FT-IR and TGA. TEM and FE-SEM images clearly indicate that the nanotubes were coated with a PNIPAM layer. DSC analysis indicates that the functionalized MWCNTs can respond to temperature, because of the hydrophilic and hydrophobic transformation of the bonded PNIPAM chains at 30-35 degrees C.

• 出版日期2014-12-2
• 单位兰州石化职业技术学院