Issue 9, 2013

Spin-coated carbon

Abstract

We describe a novel and facile approach to covalently graft molecules containing stable free radicals onto carbon surfaces including graphene, carbon nanotubes, glassy carbon and carbon fibres. The new technique employs a stable aryl nitroxide radical diazonium tetrafluoroborate salt. The salt may be isolated and added to carbon surfaces in solution, suspension or electrochemically and represents a convenient, versatile and highly efficient means to adorn graphitic materials with large numbers of free radical spin systems.

Graphical abstract: Spin-coated carbon

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
20 May 2013
Accepted
12 Jun 2013
First published
12 Jun 2013

Chem. Sci., 2013,4, 3411-3415

Spin-coated carbon

J. P. Blinco, B. A. Chalmers, A. Chou, K. E. Fairfull-Smith and S. E. Bottle, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3411 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51396C

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