Discrete dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Qingwen Li; Ian A Kinloch; Alan H Windle

doi:10.1039/b419039d

Discrete dispersion of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jul 14:(26):3283-5. doi: 10.1039/b419039d. Epub 2005 May 27.

Authors

Qingwen Li¹, Ian A Kinloch, Alan H Windle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK CB2 3QZ.

PMID: 15983648
DOI: 10.1039/b419039d

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been effectively wetted and dispersed in saturated sodium hydroxide (NaOH) alcohol-water solutions with little surface damage or shortening of the tubes; the treated material was dissolvable as individual tubes in many common organic solvents.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alcohols / chemistry
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure
Particle Size
Sodium Hydroxide / chemistry
Solutions / chemistry
Water / chemistry
Wettability

Substances

Alcohols
Nanotubes, Carbon
Solutions
Water
Sodium Hydroxide