多壁碳纳米管功能化及其在电化学葡萄糖传感器中的应用

利用硅烷偶联剂的表面修饰技术,将氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APS)共价接枝到酸处理后的碳纳米管的表面.红外光谱数据证实了该反应的可行性.修饰后的碳纳米管在水中具有良好的分散性.利用西夫碱反应将氨基化的碳纳米管与醛基化的葡萄糖氧化酶共价层层自组装到电极表面,获得灵敏度可控的葡萄糖传感器.用电化学交流阻抗法和扫描电镜对成膜过程...     

含氟聚合物修饰碳纳米管及其聚氨酯复合疏水膜的研究

利用羟基碳纳米管上的羟基与2-溴异丁基酰溴之间的简单反应, 在碳纳米管上引入了含溴ATRP引发剂, 并进一步引发含氟丙烯酸酯的ATRP聚合, 从而在碳纳米管表面接枝上了低表面能的含氟聚合物. 红外光谱(FT-IR)、热重分析(TGA)和透射电镜(TEM)的研究结果表明碳纳米管与含氟聚合物之间为化学键连接. 以此低表面能聚合物包裹的碳纳米管作为填充粒子, 采用溶液浇铸方法制备了聚氨酯/碳纳米管复合膜, 并利用溶剂四氢呋喃(THF)刻蚀表面获得了不同碳纳米管裸露程度的复合膜材料. 静态接触角测试结果表明, 无论是羟基碳纳米管还是低表面能修饰的碳纳米管均可提高其复合膜的疏水性能, 且其疏水性能随碳纳米管含量的增加而增加; 相同含量时, 含氟聚合物接枝后的碳纳米管使复合膜具有更佳的疏水性能, 膜表面经溶剂刻蚀后可显著提高其疏水性能. 采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)研究了加入碳纳米管和溶剂刻蚀对聚合物表面微观结构以及材料表面疏水性能的影响. 上述结果表明: 利用接枝聚合物可改变碳纳米管本身的疏水性能, 并可进一步制备新型的具有表面疏水性能的聚合物纳米复合材料.     

聚苯胺共价接枝碳纳米管负载Pt催化剂的制备及对甲醇电催化性能的研究

以氨基化的碳纳米管为基体,通过界面聚合方法将聚苯胺共价接枝于碳纳米管表面,负载催化剂颗粒Pt. 通过透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)及电化学方法对催化剂进行了表征. TEM结果表明通过界面聚合的方法可以使聚苯胺均匀地接枝于碳纳米管表面. 电化学测试结果表明,碳纳米管共价接枝聚苯胺作为载体可以提高催化剂的抗CO中毒性能,有利于对甲醇的催化氧化. 研究其对甲醇的催化活性,并与商业的JM(Pt/C)催化剂进行了对比. 结果表明,碳纳米管共价接枝聚苯胺,有效提高了催化剂的稳定性,延长催化剂的寿命.     

聚苯胺共价接枝碳纳米管复合材料的制备及其超电容性能的研究

以氨基化的碳纳米管为基体, 通过低温原位聚合的方法将聚苯胺共价接枝于碳纳米管表面, 通过透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见光(UV-vis)、傅里叶红外(FT-IR)、拉曼(Raman)及电化学方法对复合材料进行了表征. 结果表明通过低温原位聚合的方法可以使聚苯胺均匀接枝于碳纳米管表面. 电化学测试结果表明, 碳纳米管共价接枝聚苯胺作为超级电容器材料在0.5 A/g条件下聚苯胺的电容贡献值为754.8 F/g, 同时其倍率性能以及循环稳定性方面都明显优于聚苯胺非共价修饰的碳纳米管复合材料.     

碳纳米管在接枝二元胺过程中微结构的变化

通过对酸化的多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)进行酰氯化, 在碳纳米管表面接枝己二胺. 用红外光谱、热重分析、拉曼光谱和场发射扫描电镜对处理前后的碳纳米管进行分析表征. 结果表明, 经过酰氯活化, 己二胺比较容易被接枝到碳纳米管上. 而且还发现碳纳米管在酸化后形成紧密块状结构, 在接枝胺后重新变得蓬松, 其表观比容甚至大于原始碳纳米管. 从理论上分析了碳纳米管的反应过程, 对碳纳米管在接枝胺过程中微结构的变化机理进行推测, 认为通过接枝, 己二胺插入碳纳米管之间, 改变了碳纳米管之间的相互作用, 使得酸化后因形成氢键而导致的紧密堆砌结构被破坏.     

聚丙烯表面的生物相容性修饰: 表面氨基放大还原胺化接枝磷酰胆碱

在氨气氛中对聚丙烯薄膜表面进行等离子处理, 获得了不同浓度的表面氨基. 表面氨基的数量经1,6-己二异氰酸酯键合三(2-氨乙基)胺可成倍增加. 用还原胺化法将磷酰胆碱醛共价接枝到表面氨基上获得了磷酰胆碱改性的聚丙烯薄膜. X射线光电子能谱(XPS)测定结果表明, 接枝磷酰胆碱基团的表面覆盖率可达20%～40%. 衰减全反射傅立叶变换红外(ATR-FTIR)和动态接触角测定结果也都说明磷酸胆碱基团被成功地接枝于聚丙烯表面. 还原胺化法结合等离子处理及表面氨基放大技术, 有望成为获取新型生物材料的一种有效途径.     

聚丙烯微孔膜表面肝素化及其对低密度脂蛋白的吸附特性

为了赋予聚丙烯微孔膜(PPMM)选择性吸附低密度脂蛋白(LDL)的能力,发展了一种有效的PPMM表面共价固定肝素的方法.基于紫外引发丙烯酸的接枝聚合,通过碳二亚胺活化,以乙二胺为间隔臂,将肝素共价固定于PPMM表面,获得表面肝素化的PPMM.ATR-FTIR和XPS分析确证了修饰过程中膜表面基团及化学成分的变化.采用静...     

超支化聚酯修饰多壁碳纳米管

将碳纳米管先用V(H2SO4)∶V(HNO3)=3∶1混合溶液进行处理,再用V(H2SO4)∶V(H2O2=4∶1的混合溶液进一步酸化,制得含有羧基的碳纳米管。将羧基化碳纳米管与二氯亚砜反应使碳纳米管连接酰氯基团,利用酰氯基团与超支化聚酯上的羟基反应,将超支化聚酯接到碳纳米管的表面上,实现了碳纳米管的表面修饰。利用红外光谱、拉曼光谱、透射电镜观察分析测试结果表明,超支化聚酯以共价键形式连接到碳纳米管的表面。热失重分析结果表明,修饰密度为每321个C原子连接1个H20分子,每842个C原子上连接1个H40分子。修饰后的碳纳米管在有机溶剂中的溶解性能明显提高。     

超支化聚合物接枝改性碳纳米管及其分散性能

将碳纳米管用c(K2Cr2O7)=0.25 mol/L,c(H )=1 mol/L混合溶液进行处理,制得表面含有活性羟基的碳纳米管. 在催化剂的存在下,以CNTs为反应中心核,氧化处理后的CNTs表面上的活性羟基与A2B型单体发生一步缩聚反应,将超支化聚合物接到碳纳米管的表面上,实现了碳纳米管的表面修饰. 探讨了反应条件对接枝在CNTs表面上的超支化聚合物(HPAE)量的影响,当反应温度为120 ℃,反应时间为10 h,反应配料比n(CNTs-OH):n(A2B单体)=1:6时,固载量达到0.255. FTIR、XPS、TEM的表征结果证明,CNTs接枝上了超支化聚合物. 透光度的测定和静置实验表明,超支化聚合物接枝改性CNTs在丙酮、乙醇、水等溶剂中具有很好的分散性能.     

苯乙烯/马来酸酐共聚物修饰碳纳米管的研究

利用羟基碳纳米管上的羟基与马来酸酐之间的简单反应, 在碳纳米管上引入双键, 进一步引发苯乙烯聚合, 在碳纳米管表面接枝苯乙烯马来酸酐共聚物, 同时采用羟基碳纳米管与苯乙烯马来酸酐共聚物直接反应也在碳纳米管的表面引入了苯乙烯马来酸酐共聚物. 经IR, Raman, TG和TEM测定, 证明了碳纳米管与苯乙烯马来酸酐共聚物之间为化学键连接关系.     

聚丙烯酸功能化多壁碳纳米管

Covalent functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes （MWNT） with poly（acrylic acid） has been successfully achieved via grafting of poly（acryloyl chloride） on nanotube surface by esterification reaction of acyl chloride-bound polymer with hydroxyl functional groups present on acid-oxidized MWNT and hydrolysis of polymer attached to nanotubes. Polymer-functionalized MWNT could possess remarkably high solubility in water, and their aqueous solution was very stable without any observable black deposit for a long time. Characterizations of such functionalized MWNT samples using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques indicated that poly（acrylic acid） was covalently attached to the surface of MWNT.     

Surface covalent encapsulation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with poly(acryloyl chloride) grafted poly(ethylene glycol)

Multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) was grafted with polyacrylate‐g‐poly (ethylene glycol) via the following two steps. First, hydroxyl groups on the surface of acid‐treated MWNT reacted with linear poly(acryloyl chloride) to generate graft on MWNT; secondly, the remaining acryloyl chloride groups were subjected to esterification with poly(ethylene glycol) leading the grafted chains on the surface of MWNTs. Thus obtained grafted MWNT was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the weight fraction of grafted polymers amounted to 80% of the modified MWNT. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 6880–6887, 2006     

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     

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.     

Poly(butylene terephthalate)‐functionalized MWNTs by in situ ring‐opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers

Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) had been covalently attached onto the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by a “grafting from” method based on in situ ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers (CBT) using MWNT‐supported initiator (MWNT‐g‐Sn). The Sn? O bond grafted on the surface of MWNTs, which was confirmed by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, provided the initiating sites for ROP of CBT. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance were used to confirm the chemical structure of MWNT‐graft‐PBT copolymer and emission transmission electron microscope was utilized to observe the nanostructure of the PBT functionalized MWNTs. A distinct core–shell structure with PBT layer as the shell could be observed after functionalization of PBT despite it was not uniform. The results of thermogravimetric analysis indicated that the grafting ratio of PBT was about 59.3%. Furthermore, the solubility of the PBT functionalized MWNTs in phenol/tetrachloroethane had also been investigated. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Crystallization behavior of poly(ε‐caprolactone)/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy, and X‐ray diffraction methods were used to investigate the isothermal crystallization behavior and crystalline structure of poly(?‐caprolactone) (PCL)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) composites. PCL/MWNT composites were prepared via the mixing of a PCL polymer solution with carboxylic groups containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes (c‐MWNTs). Both Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectra indicated that carboxylic acid groups formed at both ends and on the sidewalls of the MWNTs. A transmission electron microscopy micrograph showed that c‐MWNTs were well separated and uniformly distributed in the PCL matrix. DSC isothermal results revealed that introducing c‐MWNTs into the PCL structure caused strongly heterogeneous nucleation induced by a change in the crystal growth process. The activation energy of PCL drastically decreased with the presence of 0.25 wt % c‐MWNT in PCL/c‐MWNT composites and then increased with increasing MWNT content. The result indicated that the addition of c‐MWNT to PCL induced heterogeneous nucleation (lower total activation energy) at a lower c‐MWNT content and then reduced the transportation ability of polymer chains during crystallization processes at a higher MWNT content (higher total activation energy). A correlation between the crystallization kinetics, melting behavior, and crystalline structure of PCL/c‐MWNT composites was also discussed. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 598–606, 2006     

Electro-deposition of platinum nanoparticles on 4-mercaptobenzene-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

A new method to electro-deposit platinum nanoparticles on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) functionalized with 4-mercaptobenzene has been described. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results reveal that 4-mercaptobenzene was attached to the surface of MWNTs. Transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis confirm that platinum nanoparticles were highly dispersed on the surface of MWNTs, and the average size of the platinum particle is 4.2 nm. The electrocatalytic properties of the Pt/MWNT composite electrode for methanol oxidation were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, and the results show that the fabricated composites exhibit high catalytic activity and good long-term stability. The study provides a feasible approach to fabricate Pt/MWNT composite electrode for direct methanol fuel cell.     

Assembly of well-aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes in confined polyacrylonitrile environments: electrospun composite nanofiber sheets

Highly oriented, large area continuous composite nanofiber sheets made from surface-oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were successfully developed using electrospinning. The preferred orientation of surface-oxidized MWNTs along the fiber axis was determined with transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction. The surface morphology and height profile of the composite nanofibers were also investigated using an atomic force microscope in tapping mode. For the first time, it was observed that the orientation of the carbon nanotubes within the nanofibers was much higher than that of the PAN polymer crystal matrix as detected by two-dimensional wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments. This suggests that not only surface tension and jet elongation but also the slow relaxation of the carbon nanotubes in the nanofibers are determining factors in the orientation of carbon nanotubes. The extensive fine absorption structure detected via UV/vis spectroscopy indicated that charge-transfer complexes formed between the surface-oxidized nanotubes and negatively charged (-CN[triple bond]N:) functional groups in PAN during electrospinning, leading to a strong interfacial bonding between the nanotubes and surrounding polymer chains. As a result of the highly anisotropic orientation and the formation of complexes, the composite nanofiber sheets possessed enhanced electrical conductivity, mechanical properties, thermal deformation temperature, thermal stability, and dimensional stability. The electrical conductivity of the PAN/MWNT composite nanofibers containing 20 wt % nanotubes was enhanced to approximately 1 S/cm. The tensile modulus values of the compressed composite nanofiber sheets were improved significantly to 10.9 and 14.5 GPa along the fiber winding direction at the MWNT loading of 10 and 20 wt %, respectively. The thermal deformation temperature increased with increased MWNT loading. The thermal expansion coefficient of the composite nanofiber sheets was also reduced by more than an order of magnitude to 13 x 10(-6)/ degrees C along the axis of aligned nanofibers containing 20 wt % MWNTs.     

Radiation induced graft polymerization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for superhydrophobic composite membrane preparation

Highly soluble multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were prepared by radiation-induced free radical graft polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc) onto pristine MWNT surfaces. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and micro-Raman spectroscopy were used to confirm that poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) had been successfully grafted onto the surface of the MWNTs. The effects of experimental parameters on the degree of grafting (DG) of PVAc were also investigated, including adsorbed dose, dose rate, initial monomer concentration, and solvents. The grafted MWNTs (MWNTs-g-PVAc) exhibited good solubility in common organic solvents at high mass fraction. In addition, a superhydrophobic composite membrane could be readily fabricated by vacuum filtration of MWNTs-g-PVAc onto a supporting membrane, as was confirmed by water contact angle testing and visualization by scanning electron microscopy.