GEL ELECTROPHORESIS SEPARATION OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES USING A CHEMICALLY SELECTIVE POLYMER DISPERSANT

摘要

The disclosure provides methods for separating metallic from semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes by a) subjecting a mixture of metallic and semiconducting single walled nanotubes and chondroitin sulfate (CS) in an electrophoresis gel matrix to uniform electric field (electrophoresis); and b) isolating the separated metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes.