聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮修饰多壁碳纳米管的研究

采用超声波辅助技术,研究了两亲性聚合物聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮(PVP)修饰多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)的效果、作用机理及影响因素.研究结果表明在适合的条件下两亲性聚合物PVP可以被引入到多壁碳纳米管表面,修饰后的MWNTs在DMF、乙醇和水等溶剂中具有良好的分散性.通过红外光谱(FTIR)和拉曼光谱(Raman)分析表明,两亲性聚合物与MWNTs之间产生了化学接枝作用,高分辨透射电镜分析表明两亲性聚合物不均匀地存在于MWNTs的表面和端部.两亲性聚合物的浓度对接枝量的影响不大,但超声波作用时间对MWNTs表面两亲性聚合物PVP的接枝量有较大的影响,在超声时间为4h时接枝量最大.两亲性聚合物修饰效果不同于表面活性剂,采用表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)修饰的MWNTs经过洗涤过滤后,不能重新溶于水中,而两亲性聚合物PVP修饰的MWNTs可以重新溶解.     

银溶胶诱导多壁碳纳米管非共价表面修饰

利用银溶胶活化诱导淀粉螺旋结构实现了多壁碳纳米管非共价表面修饰. 实验结果表明, 淀粉非共价表面修饰的多壁碳纳米管在水中容易分散, 扫描电镜分析表明, 经银溶胶处理的多壁碳纳米管被单根分散在银溶胶溶液中. 酶解试验、IR和EDS分析表明, 碳纳米管表面修饰了一层淀粉.     

尺寸可控的金纳米粒子在功能化的MWNTs表面的自组装

提出了一个有效的、以晶种媒介的光化学法可控生长不同尺寸的胶体金纳米粒子在多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)表面的自组装.方法基于羧基化的MWNTs以双官能团巯基乙酸分子化学修饰而连接上巯基,随后,不同尺寸的胶体金纳米粒子以共价结合的方式分别被直接锚定在其表面,从而获得良好的Au/MWNTs杂化材料.通过UV-Vis光谱、TEM和XRS等技术对胶体金纳米粒子、Au/MWNTs复合物及其自组装过程的表征,详细研究了金纳米粒子尺寸对功能化MWNTs表面自组装的影响,结果表明,直径为2.5～5.2nm范围很好分散的金纳米粒子能够很好自组装在平均直径约20nm的功能化MWNTs表面上.同时探讨了双官能团分子的化学修饰和金纳米粒子对MWNTs表面自组装的驱动力。     

聚(2,5-苯并(口恶)唑)/多壁碳纳米管复合材料的制备与性能

采用强氧化性酸处理多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs),形成功能化的多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs-COOH)。用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)对处理前后MWNTs的表面官能团进行了分析,并利用原位聚合法成功制备了聚(2,5-苯并噁唑)(ABPBO)/MWNTs-COOH纳米复合材料。结果表明:碳纳米管经过酸处理后,表面含有较多羰基和羟基极性官能团,在ABPBO基体中分散均匀;复合材料保持了ABPBO的优异耐高温性能,其力学性能和光物理性能也得到了很大的提高。     

聚(2,5-苯并噁唑)/多壁碳纳米管复合材料的制备与性能

采用强氧化性酸处理多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs),形成功能化的多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs-COOH)。用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)对处理前后MWNTs的表面官能团进行了分析,并利用原位聚合法成功制备了聚(2,5-苯并噁唑)(ABPBO)/MWNTs-COOH纳米复合材料。结果表明:碳纳米管经过酸处理后,表面含有较多羰基和羟基极性官能团,在ABPBO基体中分散均匀;复合材料保持了ABPBO的优异耐高温性能,其力学性能和光物理性能也得到了很大的提高。     

两亲分子对碳纳米管的分散稳定作用

综述了近年来国内外对碳纳米管在两亲分子水溶液中的分散作用研究, 从表面活性剂、聚合物和生物大分子三方面, 分别阐述了用非成键法对碳纳米管进行分散的不同机理. 离子型表面活性剂或聚电解质主要靠亲水基团之间的静电斥力阻止碳纳米管之间的聚集, 而非离子型表面活性剂或大分子则主要靠亲水基团所产生的空间位阻使分散体系保持稳定.     

非共价键法改性碳纳米管的研究进展

阐述了非共价键改性在碳纳米管功能化方面的应用进展,详细介绍了表面活性剂修饰、小分子的π-π堆积相互作用、聚合物的缠绕和包覆、生物大分子的包裹和吸附、内嵌填充修饰等改性方式的研究现状,并提出了非共价键法修饰碳纳米管未来改进的方向,探讨了不同修饰物与碳纳米管之间的相互作用机制。其中,含有共轭基团或芳基基团的聚合物,可以通过其共轭或芳基基团与碳纳米管间的π-π相互作用和范德华作用,实现对碳纳米管的非共价物理包覆。经聚合物功能化的碳纳米管在电池、催化剂、生物传感器和电化学装置上有较好的应用前景。此外,生物大分子对碳纳米管的非共价修饰不仅可以改善其在生物体系中的水溶性,而且通过合理设计还可以避免蛋白质、核酸等生物分子的非特异性吸附,从而得到具有特异性的生物分子-碳纳米管复合体系。     

meso-四(4-酰肼基苯基)卟啉及其金属配合物共价和非共价修饰多壁碳纳米管

采用新方法合成了meso-四(4-酰肼基苯基)卟啉及其金属配合物, 通过化学键将酰肼卟啉上的酰肼基与活化的多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)发生酰胺化反应, 从而得到卟啉共价化学修饰的多壁碳纳米管复合物; 利用卟啉环上的π电子与多壁碳纳米管管壁上的π电子通过π-π堆积效应, 得到卟啉非共价化学修饰的碳纳米管复合物. 通过红外光谱、紫外和荧光光谱对比分析, 发现在卟啉与碳纳米管间存在强烈的电子效应, 且非共价修饰的卟啉-碳纳米管复合物的荧光猝灭率更高.     

聚合物对多壁碳纳米管的包覆改性研究

探讨了聚合物对碳纳米管的包覆改性.将多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)通过浓硫酸和浓硝酸的混酸(体积比=3∶1)处理,使其带上羧基.将羧化MWNTs与甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯(GMA),苯乙烯双组分接枝聚苯乙烯(PS-g-(GMA-co-St))通过溶液共混方法,使其接在MWNTs上的羧基和GMA所带的环氧基团之间发生酯化反应,实现MWNTs表面接枝上PS-g-(GMA-co-St).扫描电镜观察表明,羧化MWNTs平均管径约为40nm,而接枝上PS-g-(GMA-co-St)的改性MWNTs管径可达约100nm.用四氢呋喃(THF)对表层包覆的PS-g-(GMA-co-St)刻蚀后,其直径降回到约40nm,这和先前观察到的羧化MWNTs的直径基本一致.对刻蚀后的MWNTs样品的FT-IR分析也表明MWNTs表面上存在接枝PS.表面经过PS-g-(GMA-co-St)修饰后,可以形成包覆层,为MWNTs在聚合物基体中分散、制备纳米功能材料提供了途径.     

表面活性剂对部分水解聚丙烯酰胺溶液抗盐性的影响

通过实验研究了阴离子表面活性剂(SDS)、非离子表面活性剂(OP-10)、两性表面活性剂(C12BE)浓度及KCl浓度对部分水解聚丙烯酰胺(阴离子型,HPAM)水溶液黏度的影响规律,进而分析各因素对聚合物溶液抗盐性的影响。实验结果表明:当表面活性剂浓度低于临界缔合浓度CAC时,聚合物溶液黏度变化不大;高于CAC后,随着表面活性剂浓度增大,聚合物溶液黏度急剧增加;当表面活性剂浓度达到聚合物饱和浓度PSP时,聚合物溶液黏度达到最大值;再加入阴离子和两性表面活性剂,将导致黏度降低,而加入非离子表面活性剂不再改变聚合物溶液的黏度,无机盐KCl对聚合物溶液有双重作用,低浓度KCl促进聚合物溶液黏度升高,高浓度KCl则导致聚合物溶液黏度急剧降低后趋于稳定,在相同KCl浓度下,三种表面活性剂的抗盐能力表现为:SDSOP-10C12BE。     

Understanding surfactant aided aqueous dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Dispersions of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) assisted by surfactant adsorption were prepared for a number of ionic and non-ionic surfactants including sodium 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (NaDDBS), hexadecyl(trimethyl)azanium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecane-1-sulfonate (SDS), Pluronic? F68, Pluronic? F127, and Triton? X-100 to examine the effects of nanotube diameter, surfactant concentration, and pH on nanotube dispersability. Nanotube diameter was found to be an important role in surfactant adsorption rendering single-walled carbon nanotube studies as unreliable in predicting MWNT dispersive behavior. Similar to other reports, increasing surfactant concentrations resulted in a solubility plateau. Quantification of nanotube solubility at these plateaus demonstrated that CTAB is the best surfactant for MWNTs at neutral pH conditions. Deviations from neutral pH demonstrated negligible influence on non-ionic surfactant adsorption. In contrast, both cationic and anionic surfactants were found to be poor dispersing aids for highly acidic solutions while, CTAB remained a good surfactant under strongly basic conditions. These pH dependent results were explained in the context of nanotube surface ionization and Debye length variation.     

Effect of interaction between poly(ethylene terephthalate) and carbon nanotubes on the morphology and properties of their nanocomposites

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) nanocomposites were prepared by melt‐extruding mixtures of PET and functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with some interaction with PET molecules. For the functionalization of MWNTs, benzyl isocyanate and phenyl isocyanate with different molecular flexibility were employed on the surface of the MWNTs via chemical modification, respectively. The reaction for functionalization of MWNTs was confirmed by FTIR and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements. TEM observations indicated that both benzyl and phenyl isocyanate groups covered the surface of the MWNTs after functionalization. The PET nanocomposites containing isocyanate groups showed improved mechanical properties, including the tensile strength and tensile modulus, compared with those with pristine and acid‐treated nanotubes. These improvements were ascribed to π–π interactions between the aromatic rings of PET molecules and the isocyanate group in MWNTs. The functionalized MWNTs showed a better dispersion of carbon nanotubes in the matrix polymer and a different fractured cross‐section morphology in scanning electron microscope measurements relative to the pristine MWNTs. The crystallinity of the functionalized MWNT‐PET nanocomposites was significantly higher than that of the pristine and acid‐treated MWNTs. FTIR results indicated that the presence of carbon nanotubes induced trans‐conformation of PET chains, and trans conformation was particularly dominant in PET composites incorporating MWNT‐phenyl. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 900–910, 2008     

Use of dynamic rheological behavior to estimate the dispersion of carbon nanotubes in carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Well-dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT)/polystyrene composites have been prepared. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy were employed to observe the distribution of the MWNTs in the composites in a microscopic scale, indicating a nanotube network formed in the matrix. The dispersion of the nanotubes in the polymer was monitored by oscillatory rheology. It was found that the addition of MWNTs in the polymer had a drastic influence on the rheological behavior of the composites. As the MWNT loading increased, Newtonian behavior disappeared at low frequency, suggesting a transition from liquid-like to solid-like viscoelastic behavior. A more homogeneous dispersion or a greater loading of the nanotubes in the matrix produced stronger solid-like and nonterminal behavior, and the composites exhibited less temperature dependence at elevated temperature, compared to the matrix melt.     

Stability of the aqueous suspensions of nanotubes in the presence of nonionic surfactant

Stability of aqueous suspensions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and their percolation behavior are investigated. Nanotubes of aqueous suspensions show a strong tendency to aggregation and networking into electroconductive clusters. The percolation threshold of the electrical conductivity is rather low and of order phi approximately 0.01 (where phi is the volume fraction), which can be explained by the high aspect ratio of MWNTs. Strong influence of the nonionic surfactant Triton X-305 on the colloidal stability of aqueous suspensions of MWNTs is observed. Addition of surfactant exerts a stabilizing effect at surfactant concentration C(s) proportional to the weight concentration C of MWNTs, C(s) approximately C mol/dm3. The transient behavior of electrical conductivity in the aqueous suspensions is explained by fractal aggregation processes. The fractal dimension is shown to be sensitive to the surfactant concentration C(s).     

Effect of surfactant structure on the stability of carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution

The suspending behaviors of multiple-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), including pristine MWNTs (p-MWNTs) and acid-mixture-treated MWNTs (MWNTCOOH), stabilized by cationic single-chain surfactant, dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB), and cationic gemini surfactant hexyl-alpha,beta-bis(dodecyldimethylammonium bromide) (C 12C 6C 12Br 2) were studied systematically. The surfactant structure influences the suspendability of MWNTs dramatically as well as the surfactant adsorption behavior on the nanotubes. Although both the surfactants can disperse the MWNTs effectively, they actually show different stabilizing ability. DTAB is not capable of stabilizing these two MWNTs below critical micelle concentration (CMC). However, C 12C 6C 12Br 2 can suspend both the nanotubes effectively even well below its CMC. Moreover, the adsorption of these two surfactants reaches equilibrium at twice the CMC with the original MWNT concentration of 2 mg/mL, 2 mM for C 12C 6C 12Br 2, and 30 mM for DTAB. After the adsorption equilibrium, the maximum amounts of the two suspended MWNTs in C 12C 6C 12Br 2 solution are about twice as much as those in DTAB solution. The strong hydrophobic interaction among the C 12C 6C 12Br 2 molecules and between the C 12C 6C 12Br 2 molecules and the nanotubes as well as the high charge capacity of C 12C 6C 12Br 2 lead to its much stronger adsorption ability on the MWNTs and result in its superior stabilizing ability for the MWNTs in aqueous phase. The gemini surfactant provides a possibility to effectively stabilize the MWNTs in aqueous solutions even at very low surfactant concentration well below its CMC.     

Comparison of the stability of multiwalled carbon nanotube dispersions in water

Continuous real-time monitoring of the nanotube concentration in aqueous solution using UV-Vis spectroscopy allows quantitative comparison of the stability of different types of nanotube dispersions. Systematic investigation of the effects of nanotube length and functionalisation for thin multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) has revealed that shorter MWNT form more stable dispersions than longer nanotubes of the same diameter. MWNT shortened to an average length of approximately 1 microm form stable dispersions in water with concentrations up to 0.013 mg ml(-1) in the absence of surfactants or solubilising functional groups. The introduction of carboxylic or thiol groups on the surface of shortened nanotubes further increases the stability of MWNT dispersions (up to 0.24 mg ml(-1)). The introduction of surfactant or surface charge on MWNT has contrasting effects on functionalised and non-functionalised nanotubes, destabilising and stabilising their dispersions, respectively.     

The stability of suspensions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in organic solvents in the presence of triton X-165

The stability of suspensions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in isopropanol, toluene, and p-xylene has been studied. Suspensions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in isopropanol (unlike those in toluene and p-xylene) display high aggregation stability, which is explained by the formation of repulsive solvation layers as a result of interactions between the polar solvent and nanotube surface. The addition of a nonionic surfactant, Triton X-165, noticeably increases aggregate sizes and accelerates sedimentation processes in nanotube suspensions in isopropanol, while, in toluene and p-xylene, the aggregate sizes decrease and the nanotube suspensions are stabilized.     

Encapsulation of carbon nanotubes by self-assembling peptide amphiphiles

We demonstrate the dispersion and noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes in water using peptide amphiphiles each consisting of a short hydrophobic alkyl tail coupled to a more hydrophilic peptide sequence. The assembly of peptide amphiphile molecules on the surfaces of carbon nanotubes adds biofunctionality to these one-dimensional conductors and simultaneously eliminates the hydrophobic nanotube-water interface, thus dispersing them in the aqueous medium. This should occur without the degradation of their structural, electronic, and optical properties caused by covalent functionalization and without the need for specific peptide sequences designed to bind with nanotube surfaces. The encapsulation by peptide amphiphiles is confirmed using transmission electron microscopy and optical absorbance spectroscopy and may have significant future applications in biosensing or medicine.     

聚乙二醇单甲醚修饰多壁碳纳米管的研究

多壁碳纳米管(MWNT)经过酸化、酰氯化后与聚乙二醇单甲醚进行接枝反应,实现了碳纳米管的表面修饰。经修饰的MWNT在水中的分散性大大增加。通过FTIR、XPS、Raman、TEM、TGA等手段表征了接枝后产物的化学结构,证明聚乙二醇单甲醚是以共价键的形式接入MWNT表面上的。并利用TGA结果估算出聚乙二醇单甲醚在MWNT表面的接枝密度约为平均每256个碳原子上有一根聚合物链。     

Carbon Nanotube‐Adsorbed Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes of Nylon 6

Summary: A simple and mass‐producible method was developed to densely assemble multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) onto electrospun nylon 6 nanofibrous membranes. The process consists of dispersing the acid‐treated MWNTs in surfactant solutions or organic solvents, and dipping the nanofibrous membranes in the resulting dispersion for only 60 seconds, followed by the extraction of the surfactants in pure water and drying. The conductivity of the MWNT‐adsorbed nanofibrous membranes ranges from 2.2 × 10⁻² to 1.5 × 10⁻¹ S · cm⁻¹, as determined by the four probe method, which implies that the MWNTs are adsorbed uniformly and densely along the nanofibrous membranes. Furthermore, the results suggest that there is a strong interaction between the acid‐treated MWNTs and nylon 6. We also investigate the amount of MWNTs present in the membranes using thermogravimetric analysis.

SEM images of the non‐woven fibrous nylon 6 membranes after dip‐coating in a dispersion of the MWNTs in surfactant‐containing water.