“…20 Basically the executions of these methods were accompanied with high power of accelerator and pressures, which make it more difficult to perform the process. 15,16,22 Moreover, within some specific processes, the elevated temperature may destroy the unique structure of CNTs during the fluorination process. It has been reported the substantial disintegration of SWCNTs are observed when they are fluorinated at 400 C. 13 Another report also showed that the tubular structure of MWCNTs was destroyed at higher temperatures than 500 C. 19 Based on the existent problems, considering that the decomposition of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) generates only fluorine gaseous products, 23,24 which can be used as fluorination agents for the nanofillers, we propose that to achieve the surface modification of the nanofillers, utilizing the decomposition products of PTFE may be a promising way without directly employing toxic elemental fluorine gas, high power accelerator or high pressure.…”