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Tuning the Dispersibility of Carbon Nanostructures from Organophilic to Hydrophilic: Towards the Preparation of New Multipurpose Carbon‐Based Hybrids |
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| Authors: | Prof Vasilios Georgakilas Antonios Kouloumpis Prof Dimitrios Gournis Prof Athanasios Bourlinos Dr Christos Trapalis Prof Radek Zboril |
| Institution: | 1. Materials Science Department, University of Patras, 26504 Rio (Greece);2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina (Greece);3. Physics Department, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina (Greece);4. Institute of Materials Science, NCSR Demokritos, Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, 15310 Athens (Greece);5. Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, Olomouc 77146 (Czech Republic) |
| Abstract: | The hydroxyphenyl derivatives of carbon nanostructures (graphene and carbon nanotubes) can be easily transformed into highly organophilic or hydrophilic derivatives by using the ionic interactions between the phenolic groups and oleylamine or tetramethylammonium hydroxide, respectively. The products were finely dispersed in homo‐polymers or block co‐polymers to create homogeneous carbon‐based nanocomposites and were used as nanocarriers for the dispersion and protection of strongly hydrophobic compounds, such as large aromatic chromophores or anticancer drugs in aqueous solutions. |
| Keywords: | nanostructures nanotubes dispersibility graphene organic functionalization |