Prato, Maurizio (Trieste, Italy): Fullerene nanostructures and soluble NTs
Functionalized CNTs are good for composites BUT lose the electrical properties (NIR, Raman)!
But at 300 C organic components go away.
This makes a new purification technique for nanotubes!
They functionalize every 100. atoms of the CNT. Determined e.g. by chromofors or thermogravimetry.