Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.10, 1202-1203, 2007
Nano bowls of carbon by oxidative chopping of carbon nano sphere
Here, we report the preparation of novel carbon material having fairly uniform bowl shape in nanosize domain with varying oxygen content by a very simple oxidative chopping of carbon nanoballs, where we have effectively functionalized the inert CNS (carbon nano sphere) with carboxylate groups that can be utilized for the chemical immobilization of enzymes, bioactive compounds, and catalysts.