Functionalizing Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes: A Review

by Filipe Vargas Ferreira, Luciana De Simone Cividanes, Felipe Sales Brito, Beatriz Rossi Canuto de Menezes, Wesley Franceschi

Overview

This book compiles all current information on the different types of functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, both covalent and non-covalent. The book starts with a general overview of the synthesis, characterization and application of functionalized CNTs and graphene. Special attention is dedicated to the characterization of functionalized materials, a topic rarely addressed on the literature. The authors provide a comparison between the functionalization of these two types of carbon materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319351094
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	08/23/2016
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	63
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Luciana Cividanes is an engineer and researcher at the Chemistry Department of Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil. Her research interests include composites of carbon nanotubes/polymer and functionalization of carbon nanotubes.

Dr. Gilmar Thim is a chemist and Professor in the Physics Department of the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil. His current research interests are on graphene nanocomposites.

Table of Contents

Graphene: Introduction.- Synthesis.- Covalent functionalization.- Non-covalent functionalization.- Application of functionalized graphene.- Characterization of functionalized graphene.

Carbon nanotubes: Introduction.- Synthesis.- Covalent functionalization.- Non-covalent functionalization.- Application of functionalized carbon nanotubes.- Characterization of functionalized carbon nanotubes.