CHIRAL CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOTUBE CHIRAL COMPOSITES: PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS

Abstract

A review of preparation of chiral carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanotube chiral composites is presented. Novel chiral separation science and technology based on CNTs is analyzed and discussed, with the emphasis in two topics. The first topic concerns the possibility of application of chiral CNTs in resolution and chiral sensing. The second topic centers on the subject of enantioseparation based on CNT chiral composites. Despite the crucial functionalization of CNTs using chiral selectors, better resolution could also be achieved by using a mixture of CNTs and optical pure substances as chiral selectors. Due to their ability of improving the degree of enantioseparation, CNTs could find their potential applications in the resolution in the future.