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A facile method to coordinate transition metal complexes (TMCs) on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been developed. Reaction of Zn(OAc)2 with carboxylic acid functionalized SWNTs (SWNT-COOH) affords SWNT complexes zipped-together' by zinc carboxylate units (termed SWNT-TMC-1 herein). Reactions of SWNT-TMC-1 with 2,2'-bipyridine or 4,4'-bipyridine gave two new SWNT-TMCs, the former being unzipped' (SWNT-TMC-2), and the latter involving an addnl. ligand bridge between the zinc ions (SWNT-TMC-3). Inclusion of 2,2'-bipyridine and 4,4'-bipyridine into the SWNT-TMCs was confirmed by IR spectroscopy. The microstructures of SWNT-TMC-2 and SWNT-TMC-3 were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), XPS, elemental mapping and linear profiles anal.
Moreno Lelli, Pierrick Berruyer, David Benjamin Roger Antoine Gajan, Zhuoran Wang
Rosario Scopelliti, Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Bastiaan Kooij, Zhaowen Dong