Chemical functionalization of few walled carbon nanotubes produced by chemical vapour deposition technique

Materials with well-defined structures in the nanometer scale exhibit unique mechanical, optical and magnetic properties due to size related effects. Among the various nanomaterials studied, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have great interest in several applications. The field of nanoscience and technology is an interdisciplinary field drawing researchers across materials science, technology and engineering disciplines each trying to exploit the advantages of this emerging field. The functionalized carbon nanotubes by acid-treatment were to afford dispensability in aqueous solution. The oxidized functional carboxyl
groups which links the protein either covalently or non-covalently to the nanotubes sidewalls. Chemically functionalized few walled carbon nanotubes (FWCNTs) have promising effect in drug target and exhibit biocompatibility, excretion and less toxicity. CNTs were synthesised by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) method were FeMoMgO used as catalytic template. The purified CNTs were functionalised and it was characterised by FT-IR, SEM, HRTEM and Raman spectroscopy.