Reductive dismantling and functionalization of carbon nanohorns

Damien Voiry (1) , Georgia Pagona (2) , Elisa Del Canto (1) , Luca Ortolani (3) , Vittorio Morandi (3) , Laure Noé (4) , Marc Monthioux (4) , Nikos Tagmatarchis (2) , Alain Pénicaud (1)

1 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal
2 Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation
3 IMM - Istituto per la Microelettronica e i Microsistemi [Bologna]
4 CEMES - Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales

Reduction of carbon nanohorn (CNH) aggregates with potassium naphthalenide resulted in their dismantling and individualization. Furthermore, the reduced CNHs were functionalized via addition of electrophiles.

Mots clés: Carbon nanotubes; Graphenes

Domaines: Matériaux

Damien Voiry, Georgia Pagona, Elisa Del Canto, Luca Ortolani, Vittorio Morandi, et al.. Reductive dismantling and functionalization of carbon nanohorns. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, pp. 5017-5019. ⟨10.1039/c4cc10389k⟩. ⟨hal-01135614⟩