Solution-phase extraction of ultrathin inner shells from double-wall carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5807-5812

  Miyata, Yasumitsu ^a   Suzuki, Marie ^a   Fujihara, Miho ^a   Asada, Yuki ^a   Kitaura, Ryo ^a   Shinohara, Hisanori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

density gradient ultracentrifugation; double wall carbon nanotubes; separation; single wall carbon nanotubes; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; DOUBLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFICIENT METHOD; INNER SHELL; LIQUID PHASE; OUTER SHELLS; PHASE EXTRACTION; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS METHOD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRASOUND;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SONICATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; WATER;

EID: 78049343636     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1015665     Document Type: Article

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