Synthesis of decorated carbon nanotubes with Fe3O4 and Au nanoparticles and their application in catalytic oxidation of alcohols in water

Straightforward preparation of highly loaded MWCNT–polyamine hybrids and their application in catalysis

“…CNTs have been modied by means of graing of amino group based polymers or small organic molecules, as shown by the large number of examples concerning the covalent modication of CNTs with hyperbranched [43][44][45] or crosslinked polymers, [46][47][48] polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers, [49][50][51][52][53] and polyamines, [54][55][56] among others. 30,31,[57][58][59] The application elds of amino-modied CNTs are numerous, as a matter of fact, some examples concerning the possible use of amino-functionalised CNTs involve, and are not limited to, their application as reinforcing agents in epoxy composites, [60][61][62] solid base catalysts for organic transformations, 9,63-65 CO 2 adsorbents, [66][67][68][69][70][71] supports for metal nanoparticle immobilization, 53,[72][73][74][75] metal scavengers, 47,48,56,58 and gene or drug delivery systems. 50,52,59,[76][77][78][79]…”