Immobilization of metals on carbon nanotubes through non-covalent approaches - Focus on the use of polymerized lipidic interfaces to prepare catalytic hybrids

Key Points

• The review aims to explore various non-covalent methods for immobilizing metal catalysts on carbon nanotubes.
• Review of existing literature on metal immobilization techniques.
• Focus on non-covalent interactions like π-interactions and electrostatic forces.
• Discussion on polymer wrapping and polymerized lipidic interfaces as strategies.
• Identified effective non-covalent methods for enhancing catalyst stability.
• Highlighted the role of polymerized lipidic interfaces in improving catalytic performance.
• Demonstrated potential for creating catalytic hybrids through these immobilization techniques.