Functionalizing Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes - A Review

This book compiles all current information on the different types of functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, both covalent and non-covalent. The book starts with a general overview of the synthesis, characterization and application of functionalized CNTs and graphene. Special attention is dedicated to the characterization of functionalized materials, a topic rarely addressed on the literature. The authors provide a comparison between the functionalization of these two types of carbon materials.

List of contents

Graphene: Introduction.- Synthesis.- Covalent functionalization.- Non-covalent functionalization.- Application of functionalized graphene.- Characterization of functionalized graphene.
Carbon nanotubes: Introduction.- Synthesis.- Covalent functionalization.- Non-covalent functionalization.- Application of functionalized carbon nanotubes.- Characterization of functionalized carbon nanotubes.

About the author

Dr. Luciana Cividanes is an engineer and researcher at the Chemistry Department of Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil. Her research interests include composites of carbon nanotubes/polymer and functionalization of carbon nanotubes.

Dr. Gilmar Thim is a chemist and Professor in the Physics Department of the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil. His current research interests are on graphene nanocomposites.

Product details

• Authors: Felipe Sales Brito, Luciana Cividanes, Luciana De Simo Cividanes, Luciana De Simone Cividanes, Filipe Varga Ferreira, Filipe Vargas Ferreira, Wesley Franceschi, Beatriz Rossi Canuto de Menezes, Evelyn Alves Nunes Simonetti, Gilmar Thim, Gilmar Patrocínio Thim
• Assisted by: Lucian Cividanes (Editor), Luciana Cividanes (Editor), Thim (Editor), Thim (Editor), Gilmar Thim (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319351094
• ISBN: 978-3-31-935109-4
• No. of pages: 63
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 6 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 131 g
• Illustrations: IX, 63 p. 26 illus., 19 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; C, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Chemistry and Materials Science, polymers, Testing of materials, Polymer Sciences, Nanotechnology, Characterization and Analytical Technique, Materials science, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Polymer chemistry