PMID- 15499859 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20050921 LR - 20041025 IS - 1439-4235 (Print) IS - 1439-4235 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 9 DP - 2004 Sep 20 TI - Surface chemistry and structure of purified, ozonized, multiwalled carbon nanotubes probed by NEXAFS and vibrational spectroscopies. PG - 1416-22 AB - Understanding of oxidative processes such as solution-phase ozonolysis in multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) is of fundamental importance in devising applications of these tubes as components in composite materials, as well as for development of cutting and filling protocols. We present here an evaluation of various spectroscopic tools to study the structure and composition of functionalized nanotubes. We demonstrate near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy as a particularly useful and effective technique for studying the surface chemistry of carbon nanotubes. FAU - Banerjee, Sarbajit AU - Banerjee S AD - Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 (USA). FAU - Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai AU - Hemraj-Benny T FAU - Balasubramanian, Mahalingam AU - Balasubramanian M FAU - Fischer, Daniel A AU - Fischer DA FAU - Misewich, James A AU - Misewich JA FAU - Wong, Stanislaus S AU - Wong SS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Chemphyschem JT - Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry JID - 100954211 EDAT- 2004/10/27 09:00 MHDA- 2004/10/27 09:01 CRDT- 2004/10/27 09:00 PHST- 2004/10/27 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/10/27 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/27 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cphc.200400122 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemphyschem. 2004 Sep 20;5(9):1416-22. doi: 10.1002/cphc.200400122.