Publications [#233053] of Jie Liu

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Journal Articles

  1. Boul, P; Liu, J; Mickelson, E; Huffman, C; Ericson, L; Chiang, I; Smith, K; Colbert, DT; Hauge, R; Margrave, J; Smalley, RE, "Reversible Sidewall Functionalization of Buckytubes", Chemical Physics Lettera, 1999, 310(3-4), 367, Elsevier BV [doi].
    (last updated on 2024/04/24)

    Abstract:
    Single-wall fullerene nanotubes have been made soluble in various organic solvents, including chloroform, methylene chloride, and tetrahydrofuran by covalently attaching alkanes to their sidewalls. Sidewall-alkylated nanotubes are obtained by reacting sidewall-fluorinated nanotubes with alkyl magnesium bromides in a Grignard synthesis or by reaction with alkyllithium precursors. Covalent attachment to the sidewalls was confirmed by UV-visible spectroscopy, which is also used to show that the alkane sidewall groups can be removed by oxidizing them in air to recover pristine nanotubes.