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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for separating carbon nanotubes in which carbon nanotubes of a desired chirality can be separated with a high recovery rate from a mixture containing carbon nanotubes having different chiralities. Ž<P>SOLUTION: The method for separating carbon nanotubes comprising separating carbon nanotubes of a desired chirality from a mixture containing one or more carbon nanotubes having different chiralities comprises the steps of: (1) solubilizing a mixture containing one or more carbon nanotubes having different chiralities in a solvent to form a solubilized solution; (2) adding a bondable reaction substance to the solubilized solution to selectively bond the bondable reaction substance to carbon nanotubes of a specific chirality in the solubilized solution; and (3) separating carbon nanotubes to which the bondable reaction substance is bonded and carbon nanotubes to which the bondable reaction substance is not bonded. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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