Isolation of >1 nm diameter single-wall carbon nanotube species using aqueous two-phase extraction

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5377-5390

  Fagan, Jeffrey A ^a   Hároz, Erik H ^b   Ihly, Rachelle ^c   Gui, Hui ^d   Blackburn, Jeffrey L ^c   Simpson, Jeffrey R ^a   Lam, Stephanie ^a   Hight Walker, Angela R ^a   Doorn, Stephen K ^b   Zheng, Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

separation; single wall carbon nanotube; two phase extraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC ARCS; EXTRACTION; SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; YARN;

AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION; AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; ELECTRIC ARC SYNTHESIS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EMPIRICAL FUNCTIONS; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84930633627     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01123     Document Type: Article

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