Separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes from graphite by centrifugation in a surfactant or in polymer solutions

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2917-2924

  Anson Casaos A ^a   Gonzalez Dominguez J M ^a   Martinez M T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION PROCESS; GRAPHITIC IMPURITIES; METALLIC IMPURITY; PLURONIC F-127; PLURONIC-F68; PURE ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SODIUM CHOLATE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC ARCS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CENTRIFUGES;

EID: 77955174953     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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