Electrophoretic analysis and purification of fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotube fragments

X Xu, R Ray, Y Gu, HJ Ploehn… - Journal of the …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Arc-synthesized single-walled carbon nanotubes have been purified through preparative
electrophoresis in agarose gel and glass bead matrixes. Two major impurities were isolated …

Protein electrochemistry using aligned carbon nanotube arrays

JJ Gooding, R Wibowo, Liu, W Yang… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The remarkable electrocatalytic properties and small size of carbon nanotubes make them
ideal for achieving direct electron transfer to proteins, important in understanding their redox …

Strong luminescence of solubilized carbon nanotubes

JE Riggs, Z Guo, DL Carroll, YP Sun - Journal of the American …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Since their discovery in 1991, 1 carbon nanotubes have attracted significant scientific
attention. 2, 3 Many potential applications of carbon nanotubes require an understanding of …

Carbon nanotube amplification strategies for highly sensitive immunodetection of cancer biomarkers

X Yu, B Munge, V Patel, G Jensen… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We describe herein the combination of electrochemical immunosensors using single-wall
carbon nanotube (SWNT) forest platforms with multi-label secondary antibody-nanotube …

Solvation of fluorinated single-wall carbon nanotubes in alcohol solvents

ET Mickelson, IW Chiang, JL Zimmerman… - The Journal of …, 1999 - ACS Publications
Highly purified single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were fluorinated to form
“fluorotubes”, which were then solvated as individual tubes in various alcohol solvents via …

A route for bulk separation of semiconducting from metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes

D Chattopadhyay, I Galeska… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Substantial separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) according to type (metallic
versus semiconducting) has been achieved for HiPco and laser-ablated SWNTs. We …

Polymerization from the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes− preparation and characterization of nanocomposites

Z Yao, N Braidy, GA Botton… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes were functionalized along their sidewalls with phenol
groups using the 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. These phenols could be further …

Water-soluble and optically pH-sensitive single-walled carbon nanotubes from surface modification

W Zhao, C Song, PE Pehrsson - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2002 - ACS Publications
There is great interest in using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as nanoscale
probes and sensors in biological electronics and optical devices because the electronic and …

Scalable fabrication of carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite membranes for high flux gas transport

S Kim, JR Jinschek, H Chen, DS Sholl, E Marand - Nano letters, 2007 - ACS Publications
We present a simple, fast, and practical route to vertically align carbon nanotubes on a
porous support using a combination of self-assembly and filtration methods. The advantage …

Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by free radicals

Y Ying, RK Saini, F Liang, AK Sadana… - Organic letters, 2003 - ACS Publications
Free radicals generated by decomposition of benzoyl peroxide in the presence of alkyl
iodides have been used to derivatize small-diameter single-wall carbon nanotubes (HiPco …