Imaging carbon nanostructures' reactivity: a complementary strategy to define chemical structure.

ABSTRACT: In the search for the integration of carbon nanostructures in composite and functional materials, covalent organic reactions are successfully performed. This approach resulted in the construction of tailored chemical interfaces facilitating incorporation of nanocarbons. By a combination of different characterization techniques, such as high-resolution X-ray photo-spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis-nIR, and fluorescence spectroscopies, it is possible to identify and quantify the functional moieties covalently attached to the carbon frame. However, the determination of the structural conformation of functionalized nanostructures remains a difficult task. In this work, we present a straightforward methodology to visualize by transmission electron microscopy t

SUBMITTER: Perez-Luna V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124117 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature