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Separation Techniques for Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Krupke R.,
Hennrich F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.200400170
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , nanotechnology , electronics , nanoscopic scale , carbon nanotube actuators , engineering physics , nanotube , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , engineering , electrical engineering
Single‐walled carbon nanotubes have considerable potential as building blocks in future nanoscale electronics. The tubes exist in two modifications, metallic and semiconducting, which might be used in a range of electronic applications. One of the grand challenges is to separate metallic from semiconducting tubes in substantial quantities. In this respect, this article gives a brief overview over the separation techniques in this new field of nanotube research.