Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation of Nanotubes: Interplay of Bundling and Surfactants Encapsulation
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F. Bonaccorso,† T. Hasan,† P. H. Tan,†,‡ C. Sciascia,† G. Privitera,† G. Di Marco,§ P. G. Gucciardi,§ and A. C. Ferrari*,† Engineering Department, Cambridge UniVersity, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom, State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing 100083, China, and CNR-Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy
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