@article{
author = "Vuković, G. and Marinković, Aleksandar D. and Obradović, Maja and Radmilović, V. and Čolić, M. and Aleksić, Radoslav and Uskoković, Petar S.",
year = "2009",
abstract = "Surface functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), with amino groups via chemical modification of carboxyl groups introduced on the nanotube surface, using O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (N-HATU) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIEA) is reported. The N-HATU coupling agent provides faster reaction rate and the reaction occurs at lower temperature compared to amidation and acylation-amidation chemistry. The amines, 1,6-hexanediamine (HDA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine (TETA) and 1,4-phenylenediamine (PDA) were used. The resulting materials were characterized with different techniques such as FTIR, XRD, elemental analysis, TGA, TEM, UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. MWCNTs functionalized with PDA posses the best dispersibility and electron transfer properties in comparison to the others amines. Functionalized MWCNTs, at the concentrations between 1 and 50 μg ml-1, were not cytotoxic for the fibroblast L929 cell line. However, the concentrations of MWCNTs higher of 10 μg ml-1 reduced cell growth and this effect correlated positively with the degree of their uptake by L929 cells.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Applied Surface Science",
title = "Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity of surface amino-functionalized water-dispersible multi-walled carbon nanotubes",
volume = "255",
number = "18",
pages = "8067-8075",
doi = "10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.05.016"
}
