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Dispersion of carbon nanotubes by photo- and thermal-responsive polymers containing azobenzene unit in the backbone

Tomokazu Umeyama, Kazuhiro Kawabata, Noriyasu Tezuka, Yoshihiro Matano, Yuji Miyato, Kazumi Matsushige, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Seiji Isoda, Mikio Takano, Hiroshi Imahori

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 55 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Photo- and thermal-responsive polymers containing azobenzene units in the main chain have been utilized as removable dispersants for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in organic solvents. Intermolecular interactions between SWNTs and the polymers are reversibly controllable by tuning the trans-cis composition.

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