Abstract
A method was proposed for evaluating the ratio of metallic (M) to semiconducting (S) single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in the different fractions of the separation process using resonance raman spectroscopy (RRS) at several laser exitation energy values. The selective stabilization of octadecylamine (ODA) on S SWNT was found to provide a means for the bulk separation of S from M SWNT. Utilizing RRS and the relative changes in the integrated intensities of the radial-breathing mode region, a generic method was developed to provide quantitative evaluation of the separation efficiency between M and S SWNT along with diameter separation. It was observed that the ODA-assisted separation is effective in generating fractions five times enriched in S SWNT.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1006-1008 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 9 2004 |
Funding
The MIT authors thank A. Grüneis, A. Jorio, and S. B. Cronin for valuable suggestions, and acknowledge support under NSF Grant DMR 01-16042 and the Dupont-MIT Alliance. The U. Conn. authors acknowledge support by AFOSR F49620-01-1-0545 and ARO DAAD-19-02-1-0381 grants.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)