Preparation of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) gel composites using poly(ionic liquids)
- Authors
- Hong, Seung Hyun; Tung, Tran Thanh; Trang, Le Kim Huyen; Kim, Tae Young; Suh, Kwang S.
- Issue Date
- 6월-2010
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Hydrogels; Organogels
- Citation
- COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, v.288, no.9, pp.1013 - 1018
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
- Volume
- 288
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1013
- End Page
- 1018
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/116323
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00396-010-2229-3
- ISSN
- 0303-402X
- Abstract
- This paper reports a new and practical route for synthesizing nanotube-polymeric ionic liquids gel by non-covalent functionalization of oxidized single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) surfaces with imidazolium-based poly(ionic liquids) (PILs), using in situ radical polymerization method. A black and homogeneous precipitate SWNTs was obtained as a gel form, which is well dispersed in aqueous solution without any aggregation. The formation of SWNT gels is explained by the electrostatic attractions or pi-bonds between the SWNT surface and the PIL matrix. By anion-exchange reaction of PIL bound to SWNTs, hydrophilic anions in PIL were substituted with hydrophobic anions, resulting in an effective transfer of SWNT-PIL hydrogels to organogels. The result also showed that SWNTs can effectively improve the conductivity along with the thermal stability of nanocomposite gels.
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