METHOD FOR SEPARATING CARBON NANOTUBES

摘要

Carbon nanotubes, including metallic carbon nanotubes and semiconductor carbon nanotubes, are separated into the metallic carbon nanotubes and the semiconductor nanotubes by gel electrophoresis. From the CNTs, which include the metallic CNTs and the semiconductor CNTs, the metallic CNTs and the semiconductor CNTs are efficiently separated and refined in a short time by large quantity by means of low cost equipment and a simple process. The scale can be easily increased, and the CNTs can be separated extremely advantageously in the industrial point of view.