Selective dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the presence of polymers: The role of molecular and colloidal length scales

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 14850-14857

  Shvartzman Cohen, Rina ^a   Nativ Roth, Einat ^a   Baskaran, Ezhil ^b   Levi Kalisman, Yael ^a   Szleifer, Igal ^b   Yerushalmi Rozen, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CHAIN LENGTHS; ENTROPIC REPULSION; MESOPARTICLES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; MESOPARTICLE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8844256110     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja046377c     Document Type: Article

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