Decorating in green: surface esterification of carbon and cellulosic nanoparticles
- 4 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Green Chemistry
- Vol. 11 (5), 680-682
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b817223d
Abstract
Fischer esterification of surface hydroxyl groups on multiwalled carbon nanotubes, carbon nanospheres, and cellulosic nanowhiskers using acetic and butyric acid is presented as a green approach to decorate the surfaces of nanoparticles.Keywords
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