Purification of SWNTs using high-speed centrifugation

3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 540-543

  Yu, Haibo ^a,b   Li, Wen J ^a,c   Qu, Yanli ^a,c   Tian, Xiaojun ^a   Dong, Zaili ^a   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Qin, Ke ^a   Ren, Wencai ^d  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; CNTs; Dispersion; Purification; SWNTs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GRAPHITE; GRAVITATION; METAL REFINING; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PURIFICATION; SEDIMENTATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLUTIONS; SULFATE MINERALS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CNTS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DISPERSION; HIGH SPEEDS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MASSIVE PARTICLES; METAL CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NANO-SCALE DEVICES; RAMAN SPECTRUM; SIMPLE METHODS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SWNTS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 50249144151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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