Degradable Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis and Applications in Enrichment of Semiconducting SingleWalled Carbon Nanotubes
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However, the co-existence of metallic and semiconducting tubes in as-synthesized SWNT samples has been a bottleneck for fundamental research and fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices. [ 6 ] It is desirable to develop effective purifi cation methods by which SWNT samples enriched in semiconducting species may be prepared. Various methods to sort semiconducting from metallic nanotubes based on selective chemistry, [ 7–15 ] densitygradient ultracentrifugation, [ 16 ] agarose gel [ 17 ] etc. have been reported. [ 18–31 ]
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