Niyogi S, Hamon M A, Hu H, Zhao B, Bhowmik P, Sen R, Itkis M E, Haddon R C
Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403, USA.
Acc Chem Res. 2002 Dec;35(12):1105-13. doi: 10.1021/ar010155r.
In this Account we highlight the experimental evidence in favor of our view that carbon nanotubes should be considered as a new macromolecular form of carbon with unique properties and with great potential for practical applications. We show that carbon nanotubes may take on properties that are normally associated with molecular species, such as solubility in organic solvents, solution-based chemical transformations, chromatography, and spectroscopy. It is already clear that the nascent field of nanotube chemistry will rival that of the fullerenes.
在本综述中,我们着重介绍了支持我们观点的实验证据,即碳纳米管应被视为一种具有独特性质且在实际应用中具有巨大潜力的新型碳大分子形式。我们表明,碳纳米管可能具有通常与分子物种相关的性质,如在有机溶剂中的溶解性、基于溶液的化学转化、色谱法和光谱学。显然,纳米管化学这一新兴领域将与富勒烯领域相媲美。