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Separation of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube arrays by "scotch tape"

  • Guo Hong
  • , Matthew Zhou
  • , Ruoxing Zhang
  • , Shimin Hou
  • , Wonmook Choi
  • , Yun Sung Woo
  • , Jae-Young Choi
  • , Zhongfan Liu
  • , Jin Zhang

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

Peeling off nanotubes: Chemically modified soft polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thin films act as "scotch tape" for the separation of semiconducting (s) and metallic (m) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Whereas the amine-functionalized A-scotch tape selectively removed s-SWNTs, the phenyl-functionalized P-scotch tape acted specifically towards m-SWNTs (see picture). The resulting separation process is very gentle, no damage to the SWNTs was observed. Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6819-6823
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number30
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jul 2011
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • nanotubes
  • scotch tape
  • separation
  • silanes

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