Enrichment of single-walled carbon nanotubes by diameter in density gradients

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 713-718

  Arnold, Michael S ^a   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b,c   Hersam, Mark C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; SEMICONDUCTING CHIRALITIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SNWT); ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DNA; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOOXIDATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DNA; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 18144424425     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050133o     Document Type: Article

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