Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Carbon or compound thereof – Elemental carbon
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2006-10-17
Cooke, Colleen P. (Department: 1754)
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Carbon or compound thereof
Elemental carbon
C423S415100, C423S460000, C423S447100, C977S745000, C977S748000, C977S847000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07122165
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method of functionalizing the sidewalls of a plurality of carbon nanotubes with oxygen moieties, the method comprising: exposing a carbon nanotube dispersion to an ozone/oxygen mixture to form a plurality of ozonized carbon nanotubes; and contacting the plurality of ozonized carbon nanotubes with a cleaving agent to form a plurality of sidewall-functionalized carbon nanotubes.
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Banerjee Sarbajit
Wong Stanislaus S.
Cooke Colleen P.
Hoffmann & Baron , LLP
Stadler Rebecca M.
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
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