Effective disentangling method of bundled multi-walled carbon nanotubes into individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes by magnetic-field induction

Seung Yong Son; Soong Ho Um; Hoon-Sik Jang; Sang Koo Jeon; Seung Hoon Nahm; Hyun Wook Kim; Young Heum Yeon; Jongwook Bae; Dong Hyun Lee

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.46, 28-34, February, 2017

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.09.030 Export Citation

Effective disentangling method of bundled multi-walled carbon nanotubes into individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes by magnetic-field induction

Seung Yong Son¹, Soong Ho Um^{1, 2}, Hoon-Sik Jang³, Sang Koo Jeon³, Seung Hoon Nahm³, Hyun Wook Kim⁴, Young Heum Yeon⁴, Jongwook Bae¹, and Dong Hyun Lee^{1, †}

¹School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea
²SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea
³Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, South Korea
⁴Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea

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A simple method that uses magnetic field induction for the disentanglement of bundled multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) that aremassively aggregated in a single and intact form was investigated. MWCNTs exposed to a 1 Tesla (T) field periodically switched on and off were separated into individual MWCNTs using 4,4'-azobis(4-cyanovaleric acid) as a radical initiator with iron oxide nanoparticles. The study results show that, in accordance with the dissipation working principle, MWCNT bundles under 40 nN achieved complete disentanglement within a few hours, and these results were theoretically verified by an Opera 3D simulation. We anticipate that single CNTs obtained using our method will have applications in several CNT research areas ranging from electronic devices to biocomputers.

Keywords:Carbon nanotubes;Magnetic-field induction;Disentanglement;CNT agglomerates;Magnetite

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[Referenced By]

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