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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0084
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2020YFA0714700, 2018YFA0208402]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51820105002, 11634014, 51872320]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB33030100]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS [QYZDBSSW-SYS028]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS [2020005]
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A method to separate SWCNTs by chiral angle through temperature control of a binary surfactant system was reported in this study, resulting in efficient separation of 11 single-chirality SWCNT species including multiple zigzag and near-zigzag species at a submilligram scale. Lowering the temperature induced selective adsorption and reorganization of the cosurfactants on SWCNTs with different chiral angles, amplifying their interaction difference with gel. This work is believed to be a significant step towards industrial separation of single-chirality zigzag and near-zigzag SWCNTs.
Mass production of zigzag and near-zigzag single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), whether by growth or separation, remains a challenge, which hinders the disclosure of their previously unknown property and practical applications. Here, we report a method to separate SWCNTs by chiral angle through temperature control of a binary surfactant system of sodium cholate (SC) and SDS in gel chromatography. Eleven types of single-chirality SWCNT species with chiral angle less than 20 degrees were efficiently separated including multiple zigzag and near-zigzag species. Among them, (7, 3), (8, 3), (8, 4), (9, 1), (9, 2), (10, 2), and (11, 1), were produced on the submilligram scale. The spectral detection results indicate that lowering the temperature induced selective adsorption and reorganization of the SC/SDS cosurfactants on SWCNTs with different chiral angles, amplifying their interaction difference with gel. We believe that this work is an important step toward industrial separation of single-chirality zigzag and near-zigzag SWCNTs.
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