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JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages 428-431Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S0909049509007493
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single-walled carbon nanotubes; nitric acid treatment; carbonaceous fragments; washing; XANES
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X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy has been applied to identify the modification process of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) treated by nitric acid. The carboxyl groups created by the nitric acid treatment have been found to be formed on both the carbonaceous fragments and the side walls of SWCNTs. The carbonaceous fragments could be removed by a following washing treatment with sodium hydroxide. XANES spectra indicate that carbonaceous fragments are the result of the synthesis process and/or of the nitric acid treatment. Tube walls of SWCNTs are weakly oxidized by the nitric acid treatment although, after removing carbonaceous fragments, a direct oxidation process of SWCNTs is observed. Experimental data address the removal of carbonaceous fragments on SWCNTs as an efficient method for side-wall modification of a SWCNT.
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