Most existing chemical modification or functionalization methods of the carbon nanotubes in a sense destructively alter the structure of the nanotube’s π-conjugated framework. Using the nitrile reagents, the electrophilic addition reactions under certain conditions have modified and at the same time preserved the structure of the carbon nanotubes to have nearly the same electronic properties and thermal oxidation resistance, implying the following repair of the modified structure that is induced by the reagents. The attached imine functional groups can further repair the carbon nanotubes through the extension of the π-conjugated framework which is verified with the lowered ID/IG ratios and the delocalized C=N stretching peaks shown in the Raman and infrared spectra respectively. Different nitrile reagents we have used have shown general ability to functionalize the carbon nanotubes even at the room temperature. In this thesis, we have investigated the limitation and possible mechanism of this modification method.

現存大多數的奈米碳管化學改質或官能基化方法在某種程度上均對其π共軛框架(π-conjugated framework)造成破壞性的改變。使用帶有氰基(-CN)的試劑在特定條件下進行親電加成改變奈米碳管結構的同時，能夠保持其π共軛框架的完整性，保留幾近相同的電子性質及高溫氧化的耐受性，各項數據顯示了試劑後續對已改變結構的修復。由Raman和IR光譜中降低的ID/IG比值和位移的C=N吸收峰我們可以證明，在反應中附加在碳管上的亞胺基(C=N)藉由延伸碳管的π共軛框架，對碳管進行了進一步的修復。在實驗中我們使用的不同種類帶有氰基(-CN)的試劑皆表現出和碳管普遍的反應性，即使在常溫下也能進行反應。在此論文中，我們對此親電加成改質法的影響條件及可能的反應機構進行了調查及討論。

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