Microcapsules containing suspensions of carbon nanotubes
- 24 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 19 (34), 6093-6096
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b910673a
Abstract
Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) suspended in chlorobenzene (PhCl) and ethyl phenylacetate (EPA) were incorporated into microcapsules using an in situemulsification polymerization of urea-formaldehyde; the capsules release the SWNTs upon mechanical rupture.Keywords
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