APPLICATION OF STATIC LIGHT TO A FLUID FLOW OF CNTs FOR PURPOSES OF SORTING THE CNTs

摘要

A method is described that comprises sorting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) within a fluidic flow for a targeted subset of CNTs. The sorting comprises attracting at least a portion of the CNTs_{within the fluidic flow in a direction of increasing intensity of an electric field component of a substantially stationary beam of light. The electric field component has a frequency that is less than one or more resonant frequencies of the CNTswithin the portion.}