碳纳米管溶解性及其化学修饰

详细评述了增加碳纳米管在水和有机溶剂中溶解性的途径，包括单一溶剂直接分散、电子供一受体电荷转移、可溶性聚合物或表面活性剂筒状胶束包裹等非共价键相互作用和顶端开口、化学衍生以及侧壁化学修饰等共价化学修饰。指出今后一段时期碳纳米管化学的主要任务为通过非共价的或共价的化学修饰，改善碳纳米管本身的性能和用途，并耦合其他如化学的、生物的或物理的功能扩展其应用范围。进一步深入理解碳纳米管化学(尤其是其溶液化学)反应理论。

Solubilization and functionalization of carbon nanotubes

This review introduces in detail the routes to improving the solubility of CNTs in water or organic solvents by noncovalent interaction, i.e., straight dispersion in a single solvent, charge transfer between electron donor and acceptor, the wrapping effect of soluble polymers or cylindrical micelles, etc., and by the covalent chemical modification of the carbon nanotubes, i.e., end-opening, chemical derivitization and side-wall chemical modification etc. Finally, it points out that the focus of carbon nanotube science in future years should be on improving the properties of carbon nanotubes by noncovalent or covalent chemical modification, on extending the application fields of carbon nanotubes by coupling chemical, biological and physical function to carbon nanotubes, and also on a deeper understanding of the reaction theory of carbon nanotubes in solution.