Isolation of single-walled carbon nanotube enantiomers by density differentiation

Alexander A. Green; Matthew C. Duch; Mark C. Hersam

doi:10.1007/s12274-009-9006-y

Isolation of single-walled carbon nanotube enantiomers by density differentiation

Alexander A. Green, Matthew C. Duch, Mark C. Hersam

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Abstract

Current methods of synthesizing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) result in racemic mixtures that have impeded the study of left- and right-handed SWNTs. Here we present a method of isolating different SWNT enantiomers using density gradient ultracentrifugation. Enantiomer separation is enabled by the chiral surfactant sodium cholate, which discriminates between left- and right-handed SWNTs and thus induces subtle differences in their buoyant densities. This sorting strategy can be employed for simultaneous enrichment by handedness and roll-up vector of SWNTs having diameters ranging from 0.7 to 1.5 nm. In addition, circular dichroism of enantiomer refined samples enables identification of high-energy optical transitions in SWNTs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	69-77
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nano Research
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-009-9006-y
State	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Carbon nanotube
Chirality
Enantiomer
Handedness
Optical activity
Separation

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Materials Science(all)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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