Preparation and characterization of sulf
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Luqman Adams; Aderemi Oki; Tony Grady; Hylton McWhinney; Zhiping Luo
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A strategy for the functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes is reported. The synthesis involved the conversion of fluorinated single-walled carbon nanotubes to the thiolated derivative assisted by phosphorous pentasulfide. The thiol group is then quantitatively oxidized to the sulfonic ac