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Length Fractionation of Carbon Nanotube Using Centrifugation

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Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Fagan, Matthew Becker, Jae H. Chun, Erik K. Hobbie

Abstract

A recent article by Arnold et al. (Nature Nanotech., 1, 60-65, 2006)1 demonstrated the use of ultracentrifugation on single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) within a density gradient to produce chirality separation of the nanotubes. The authors of this letter wish to note that this technique can also be used to produce length fractionated SWNTs, by exploiting the transient motion of the SWNTs in response to the applied gravitational field.
Citation
Nature Nanotechnology

Citation

Fagan, J. , Becker, M. , Chun, J. and Hobbie, E. (2007), Length Fractionation of Carbon Nanotube Using Centrifugation, Nature Nanotechnology, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852730 (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created February 28, 2007, Updated February 19, 2017