Recent Functionalization Approaches to Enhance the Applicability of Carbon Nanostructures
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "2D and Carbon Nanomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 5757
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon nanomaterials (nanotubes, graphene, fullerenes, nanodots, nanodiamonds, and their derivates) have attracted significant interest from science and industry. Their excellent properties make them promising materials in many application fields. Modification of their surfaces with functional groups offers the opportunity to enhance their chemical and physical properties. For instance, chemical functionalization can improve their solubility in most solvents and prevent their aggregation. More importantly, surface modification decreases their toxicity and improves biocompatibility, showing potential for biomedical applications. Often, these transformations require tedious and harsh treatments that can alter the carbon nanostructure’s lattice and therefore modify their properties. This Special Issue aims to compile new functionalization approaches that expand the applications of these nanomaterials, including mild and environmental conditions, and non-conventional methods such as microwave irradiation, mechano-chemistry, or laser technologies. Alternative reaction media, such as ionic liquids, fluorinated solvents, or supercritical fluids, will also be included.
Dr. Sonia Merino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Carbon nanostructures
- Functionalization
- Covalent approaches
- Non-covalent approaches
- Non-conventional methods
- Unusual reaction media
