Routes to the synthesis of carbon nanotube-polyacetylene composites by Ziegler-Natta polymerization of acetylene inside carbon nanotubes

Johannes Steinmetz; Hyun Jung Lee; Soyoung Kwon; Dong Su Lee; Christophe Goze-Bac; Edy Abou-Hamad; Hwayong Kim; Yung Woo Park

doi:10.1016/j.cap.2005.08.004

Routes to the synthesis of carbon nanotube-polyacetylene composites by Ziegler-Natta polymerization of acetylene inside carbon nanotubes

Johannes Steinmetz^*, Hyun Jung Lee, Soyoung Kwon, Dong Su Lee, Christophe Goze-Bac, Edy Abou-Hamad, Hwayong Kim, Yung Woo Park

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Abstract

We present a route to synthesize polyacetylene filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MCNT) by in situ polymerization. We use supercritical carbon dioxide to fill the nanotubes with toluene and then add the Ziegler-Natta catalyst. In order to assure controlled polymerization inside the nanotube, the catalyst outside is removed before the reaction. The resulting polyacetylene filled nanotubes are characterized by ¹H NMR and scanning electron microscope.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	39-41
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Applied Physics
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2005.08.004
State	Published - Jan 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon nanotubes
Polyacetylene
Supercritical carbon dioxide

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Routes to the synthesis of carbon nanotube-polyacetylene composites by Ziegler-Natta polymerization of acetylene inside carbon nanotubes

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