Advanced spectroscopy of empty and water-filled carbon nanotubes: Improved diameter sorting, exciton photophysics and one-dimensional molecular transport. University of Antwerp
Solubilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with bile salt surfactants allows for the sorting of the SWNTs by diameter using density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGU). Recent breakthroughs in the observation of water-filling and the sorting of empty and water-filled SWNTs will lift this sorting to a higher level, as the resolution in DGU is expected to increase drastically when using only empty and full-length SWNTs. These intact ...