@article{77c25de7445d431394ef3fc175be7dc7,
title = "A high volume and low damage route to hydroxyl functionalization of carbon nanotubes using hard X-ray lithography",
abstract = "The efficient functionalization of large quantities of carbon nanotubes entangled in a non-woven fashion into bucky-papers has been demonstrated through exposure to hard X-rays generated by a synchrotron source. The X-ray beam solely functionalized the carbon nanotube outer walls and an optimum X-ray exposure energy between 1048 J cm-2 and 2096 J cm-2 has been found to achieve maximum hydroxyl group density. Sol-gel reaction between a commercial fluoro-silane and the hydroxyl-modified carbon nanotubes was successfully performed resulting in an even distribution of fluoride atoms on the carbon nanotube surface, opening the way for the mass production of functionalized carbon nanotubes.",
author = "Dum{\'e}e, {Ludovic F.} and Kallista Sears and Benedetta Marmiroli and Heinz Amenitsch and Xiaofei Duan and Robert Lamb and Dario Buso and Chi Huynh and Stephen Hawkins and Sandra Kentish and Mikel Duke and Stephen Gray and Plinio Innocenzi and Hill, {Anita J.} and Paolo Falcaro",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge travel funding provided by the International Synchrotron Access Program (ISAP) managed by the Australian Synchrotron. The ISAP is an initiative of the Australian Government being conducted as part of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Sergey Rubanov (Bio21) and Mark Greaves (CSIRO MSE) for their advice on imaging. Paolo Falcaro acknowledges the Australian Research Council (ARC) for support from the DECRA Grant DE120102451 and the Advanced Materials (TCP) CSIRO scheme.",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.carbon.2012.08.065",
language = "British English",
volume = "51",
pages = "430--434",
journal = "Carbon",
issn = "0008-6223",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}