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 Sept 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Carbon nanotubes
- Electron microscopy
- Polymers
- Surface chemistry
- Wettability