Defection-selective solubilization and chemically-responsive solubility switching of single-walled carbon nanotubes with cucurbit[7]uril
Open Access
- 12 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 19,p. 2245-2247
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b801546e
Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were suspended in aqueous media with cucurbit[7]uril (CB7), while SWCNTs were insoluble with cucurbit[5]uril (CB5). Moreover, defection-selective solubilization of SWCNTs with CB7 was demonstrated.Keywords
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