Isolation of Specific Small‐Diameter Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotube Species via Aqueous Two‐Phase Extraction

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304873
• Publication Date: 2014-01-21T18:48:20Z
• Authors: Jeffrey A. Fagan; Constantine Y. Kh...; Carlos A. Silvera...; Jeffrey R. Simpson; Erik H. Hároz; Angela R. Hight W...; Ming Zheng
• Keywords: Carbon fibers; Aqueous two-phase system; Surface Modification

Aqueous two-phase extraction is demonstrated to enable isolation of single semiconducting and metallic single-wall carbon nanotube species from a synthetic mixture. The separation rapid robust, with remarkable tunability via modification the surfactant environment set for separation.