title: Coulomb explosion: a novel approach to separate single-walled carbon nanotubes from their bundle.
abstract: A novel approach based on Coulomb explosion has been developed to separate single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from their bundle. With this technique, we can readily separate a bundle of SWNTs into smaller bundles with uniform diameter as well as some individual SWNTs. The separated SWNTs have a typical length of several microns and form a nanotree at one end of the original bundle. More importantly, this separating procedure involves no surfactant and includes only one-step physical process. The separation method offers great conveniences for the subsequent individual SWNT or multiterminal SWNTs device fabrication and their physical properties studies.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Guangtong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuanchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Kaihong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Sishen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Lianfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D055672:Static Electricity; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon