Thiation of carbon nanotubes and composite formation
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1. A nanotube structure comprising at least two covalently bonded nanotubes.
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The present invention comprises nanotube structures comprising nanotubes covalently bonded via chemically reactive groups on the outer walls of the nanotubes and methods for forming the covalently bonded nanotube structures. The present invention also comprises materials comprising the functionalized nanotubes covalently bonded to organic based monomers and/or polymers, and methods for their formation.
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- 1. A nanotube structure comprising at least two covalently bonded nanotubes.
- 7. A method of functionalizing at least one carbon nanotube comprising thiolating at least one surface of the at least one nanotube.
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