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ArticleNature communications2015

Ambient solid-state mechano-chemical reactions between functionalized carbon nanotubes.

Mohamad A Kabbani, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Pedro A S Autreto, Gustavo Brunetto, Anirban Som, K R Krishnadas, Sehmus Ozden, Ken P Hackenberg, Yongi Gong, Douglas S Galvao and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohamad A KabbaniDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Chandra Sekhar TiwaryDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Pedro A S AutretoDepartment of Applied Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas-SP 13083-959, Brazil.
Gustavo BrunettoDepartment of Applied Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas-SP 13083-959, Brazil.
Anirban SomDST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.
K R KrishnadasDST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.
Sehmus OzdenDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Ken P HackenbergDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Yongi GongDepartment of Chemistry Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Douglas S GalvaoDepartment of Applied Physics, State University of Campinas, Campinas-SP 13083-959, Brazil.
Robert VajtaiDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Ahmad T Kabbani1] Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA [2] Department of Natural Science, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 13-5053 Chouran, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon.
Thalappil PradeepDST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.
Pulickel M Ajayan1] Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA [2] DST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India [3] Department of Chemistry Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Rice University · USIndian Institute of Technology Madras · INUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes can be chemically modified by attaching various functionalities to their surfaces, although harsh chemical treatments can lead to their break-up into graphene nanostructures. On the other hand, direct coupling between functionalities bound on individual nanotubes could lead to, as yet unexplored, spontaneous chemical reactions. Here we report an ambient mechano-chemical reaction between two varieties of nanotubes, carrying predominantly carboxyl and hydroxyl functionalities, respectively, facilitated by simple mechanical grinding of the reactants. The purely solid-state reaction between the chemically differentiated nanotube species produces condensation products and unzipping of nanotubes due to local energy release, as confirmed by spectroscopic measurements, thermal analysis and molecular dynamic simulations.

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PMCPMC4490571
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