Ring opening metathesis polymerization on non-covalently functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Fernando J Gómez; Robert J Chen; Dunwei Wang; Robert M Waymouth; Hongjie Dai

doi:10.1039/b211194b

Ring opening metathesis polymerization on non-covalently functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jan 21:(2):190-1. doi: 10.1039/b211194b.

Authors

Fernando J Gómez¹, Robert J Chen, Dunwei Wang, Robert M Waymouth, Hongjie Dai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

PMID: 12585385
DOI: 10.1039/b211194b

Abstract

Norbornene polymerization has been initiated selectively on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) via a specifically adsorbed pyrene-linked ROMP initiator, resulting in a homogeneous non-covalent poly(norbornene) coating.