Dept. of Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
Research project - Claes-Henrik Andersson
Purification, derivatisation and evaluations of nanosized carbon: nanotubes, fullerenes and particles
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their close relatives fullerenes are some of the most interesting molecular structures in the nanoworld. A nanotube can be visualized as a graphene cylinder with a diameter of only 1-10 nm but as long as one mm. The electronic and mechanical properties of CNT and other nanosized carbon structures are of interest for future nano-scale technologies, provided purification and manipulation issues can be solved on a bulk scale.
Current projects involve purification strategies, evaluation of organic covalent and non-covalent functionalisations that may render the tubes soluble in organic solvents, and characterisations.
Derivatization of carbon nanotubes
Other activities
- Received The Uppsala Chemical Society undergraduate student award for best undergraduate thesis 2006
- Received the AstraZeneca Excellence Award for Undergraduate Projects 2007
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