Abstract
Feeling the heat: Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization was used to modify a film of aligned carbon nanotubes with poly(N- isopropylacrylamide) (see TEM image). A distinct temperature responsiveness is found for both the macroscopic (wettability) and the microscopic (the diameter and rigidity of a single carbon nanotube) properties of the resulting film.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4663-4666 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 35 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Sep 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Carbon nanotubes
- Electron microscopy
- Polymers
- Surface chemistry
- Wettability