Dispersibility Tuning of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube by Photoresponsive Dispersants

  • Hirokuni Jintoku
  • Yoko Matsuzawa
  • Hideyuki Kihara
  • Masaru Yoshida
Keywords: photoisomerization, azobenzene, carbon nanomaterials

Abstract

We demonstrated the dispersibility tuning of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by the photoisomerization of azobenzene-derived dispersants. Upon irradiation with UV and visible light, the SWCNT/dispersant exhibited rapid switching between dispersion and precipitation.

Published
2017-02-01
Section
Carbon nanotube