Water-soluble property is the precondition of biomedical evaluation and application of carbon nanotube (CNT). Novel water- soluble CNT was synthesized in this letter by grafting phosphoryl choline (PC) onto multi-...Water-soluble property is the precondition of biomedical evaluation and application of carbon nanotube (CNT). Novel water- soluble CNT was synthesized in this letter by grafting phosphoryl choline (PC) onto multi-wall CNTs. Utilizing FTIR, XPS, TGA and TEM, the title CNTs were characterized and it was found that the target products could facilely dissolve in water. 2007 Tao Zhang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.展开更多
基金The authors acknowledge the support from the MOST 973 Program of China (No. 2006CB705600),from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10523001) ;the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education.
文摘Water-soluble property is the precondition of biomedical evaluation and application of carbon nanotube (CNT). Novel water- soluble CNT was synthesized in this letter by grafting phosphoryl choline (PC) onto multi-wall CNTs. Utilizing FTIR, XPS, TGA and TEM, the title CNTs were characterized and it was found that the target products could facilely dissolve in water. 2007 Tao Zhang. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.