Strong chemical structure dependence for individual dissolution of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous micelles of biosurfactants

We report a strong chemical structure dependence for the individual dissolution of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in aqueous micelles of six steroid biosurfactants including sodium cholate (SC), sodium deoxycholate (SDC), sodium taurodeoxycholate (STDC), sodium glycocholate (SGC) 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]propane-1-sulfonic acid (CHAPS), and sucrose monocholate (SMC) and two sugar surfactants, n-octyl beta-D-glucpside (OG) and n-decyl beta-D-maltoside (DM).