Shaking things up: Researchers propose new old way to purify carbon nanotubes
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 17:00
in Physics & Chemistry
An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans: materials scientists are using it to divvy up solutions of carbon nanotubes, separating the metallic nanotubes from semiconductors. They say it's a fast, easy and cheap way to produce high-purity samples of carbon nanotubes for use in nanoscale electronics and many other applications.