Utilizing old Egyptian wisdom for stabilization of individual carbon nanotubes in aqueous dispersions

Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya; Einat Nativ-Roth; Oren Regev; Rachel Yerushalmi Rozen

Utilizing old Egyptian wisdom for stabilization of individual carbon nanotubes in aqueous dispersions

Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya, Einat Nativ-Roth, Oren Regev, Rachel Yerushalmi Rozen

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

The tendency of single wall carbon nanotubes to organize into crystalline ropes and the aggregation of the ropes into tangled networks act as an obstacle for most applications, and diminishes the special properties of the individual tubes. We describe a procedure for dispersing as-produced nanotube powder in aqueous solutions of Gum Arabic. Dispersion results in spontaneous exfoliation of nanotubes ropes into individual tubes, as demonstrated via x-ray scattering and electron microscopy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	313-321
Number of pages	9
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	706
State	Published - 1 Jan 2002
Event	Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 26 Nov 2001 → 29 Nov 2001

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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