Fractioning HiPco and CoMoCAT SWCNTs via density gradient ultracentrifugation by the aid of a novel perylene bisimide derivative surfactant

Claudia Backes; Frank Hauke; Cordula D Schmidt; Andreas Hirsch

doi:10.1039/b818141a

Fractioning HiPco and CoMoCAT SWCNTs via density gradient ultracentrifugation by the aid of a novel perylene bisimide derivative surfactant

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 May 21:(19):2643-5. doi: 10.1039/b818141a. Epub 2009 Jan 20.

Authors

Claudia Backes¹, Frank Hauke, Cordula D Schmidt, Andreas Hirsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Central Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 19532907
DOI: 10.1039/b818141a

Abstract

HiPco and CoMoCAT single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were fractionated with the aid of a novel perylene bisimide surfactant by combined co-surfactant and replacement density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGU).