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Polyol functionalized water soluble carbon nanostructures

US8420717B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

William Marsh Rice University · US

Inventors

Valery N. Khabashesku · Houston, US
Oleksandr V. Kuznetsov · Manvel, US
Rui Lobo · Almada, PT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2008
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC01B2202/06
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of making a water soluble carbon nanostructure includes treating a fluorinated carbon nanostructure material with a polyol in the presence of a base. A water soluble carbon nanostructure comprises a fluorinated carbon nanostructure covalently bound to a polyol. Exemplary uses of water soluble carbon nanostructures include use in polymer composites, biosensors and drug delivery vehicles.

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