The outstanding properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [1] are mainly related with their unique structural features. However, the high π-π staking between the tubes is a major drawback for their manipulation and interaction with other materials. Chemical functionalization has been used as a convenient tool to improve their performance in various applications [2]. The work reports the functionalization of multi-...
In this study the funtionalization of MWCNTs with 1,3-butadiene generated in situ from solfolene was investigated. The reaction was studded at two different temperatures (100ºC and 150ºC), mass ratios (CNTs:Sulfolene of 1:1 and 1:2) and different time reaction (2, 4 and 7 days). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed high degree of functionalization in a range of 10 % to 23 % in weight loss at 800 ºC. The acid...
Nanocomposite materials based on an organic-inorganic ureasilicate matrix with embedded CdS nanoparticles were produced and characterized by optical (UV/Vis), FTIR, secondary ion mass spectroscopy, inductively-coupled plasma optical emission and steady-state photoluminescence measurements. The ureasilicate precursor was obtained by the reaction between silicon alkoxyde modified by isocyanate groups and polyethy...
The complex trans-[FMo(NNCHCHCHCH2CH3)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2][BPh4], was dispersed in a hybrid matrix synthesized by a sol-gel process. The host matrix of the so-called ureasil is a network of silica to which oligopolyoxyethylene chains [POE, (OCH2CH2)n] are grafted by means of urea cross-links. The free complex and sol-gel materials were characterized by thermal analysis (DSC), surface analysis (XPS) and spectrosco...
A hybrid organic-inorganic material filled with in situ generated inorganic particles has been synthesised by the homogeneous precipitation of CdS from aqueous solutions of Cd(NO3)2 and CH3CSNH2 . These highly transparent, homogeneous and flexible CdS doped xerogels were prepared by the sol-gel technique using, as precursors, organically modified silicon alkoxide (3-isocyanatepropyltriethoxysilane) and a di-ami...
A preparação e o estudo dos electrólitos poliméricos requer condições instrumentais particularmente exigentes pelo que o primeiro objectivo do trabalho, descrito nesta dissertação, consistiu no desenvolvimento de um sistema que assegurasse o preciso controlo destas condições. A optimização dos procedimentos seguidos para a preparação dos electrólitos poliméricos, na forma apropriada, foi um passo fundamental de...
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