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Simultaneous Synthesis of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene in a Magnetically-enhanced Arc Plasma
Published on: February 2, 2012
In-flight size classification of carbon nanotubes by gas phase electrophoresis
1Nanoparticle-based Manufacturing and Metrology Laboratory, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Abstract:
We demonstrate the use of gas phase electrophoresis to size classify CNTs grown in a continuous aerosol process. The separation process occurs at atmospheric pressure and involves electrostatic mobility separation which classifies fibres on the basis of equivalent projected surface area. This implies that one can, for diameter-controlled CNTs, obtain an on-the-fly determination of the CNT length distribution during CNT synthesis, or alternatively have a method for producing size separated CNTs. The method should be generic to any fibre based material.
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