Use of fluorous chemistry in the solubilization and phase transfer of nanocrystals, nanorods, and nanotubes

Voggu, Rakesh ; Biswas, Kanishka ; Govindaraj, A. ; Rao, C. N. R. (2006) Use of fluorous chemistry in the solubilization and phase transfer of nanocrystals, nanorods, and nanotubes Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (42). pp. 20752-20755. ISSN 1520-6106

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp0653757

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Abstract

Fluorous chemistry, involving the use of a fluorous label for the functionalization of a substrate and a fluorous solvent for extraction of the functionalized substrate, is shown to be effective in solubilizing gold and CdSe nanoparticles in a fluorous medium, through phase transfer from an aqueous or a hydrocarbon medium. While these nanoparticles were functionalized with a fluorous thiol, single-walled carbon nanotubes and ZnO nanorods could be solubilized in a fluorous medium by reacting them with a fluorous amine. Fluorous chemistry enables the solubilization of the nanostructures in the most nonpolar liquid medium possible.

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