Issue 22, 2006
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Chemical Communications

The electrolyte switchable solubility of multi-walled carbon nanotube/ionic liquid (MWCNT/IL) hybrids†

Bo Yu,ab   Feng Zhou,ac   Gang Liu,a   Yongmin Liang,a   Wilhelm T. S. Huckc  and  Weimin Liu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China
E-mail: wmliu@lzb.ac.cn
Fax: +86 931-8277088

b Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China

c Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: wtsh2@cam.ac.uk

Abstract

In this communication we report the first preparation of ionic liquid-modified carbon nanotubes with reversibly switchable solubility between aqueous and organic solvents, induced by anion exchange.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B603878F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Mar 2006
Accepted
26 Apr 2006
First published
15 May 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 2356-2358

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The electrolyte switchable solubility of multi-walled carbon nanotube/ionic liquid (MWCNT/IL) hybrids

B. Yu, F. Zhou, G. Liu, Y. Liang, W. T. S. Huck and W. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2356 DOI: 10.1039/B603878F

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