Towards separation of single walled carbon nanotubes with insulator-based dielectrophoresis

Mohammad Towshif Rabbani, Christoph F. Schmidt, Alexandra Ros

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Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) display large structural and length polydispersity when produced by common methods. Electrical and optical applications therefore could strongly profit from selection and purification methods. Insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) is an approach to manipulate and fractionate SWNTs that has not been used previously. Here, we studied the iDEP properties of SWNT depending on the sonication time and Zeta potential (ζ) at low frequency (<1 kHz) employing two different geometries. Our study provides useful insight in the iDEP properties of sodium deoxycholate (NaDOC) suspended SWNTs which is essential for further utilizing iDEP in separation and purification applications for SWNTs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2017
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages1342-1343
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9780692941836
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020
Event21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2017 - Savannah, United States
Duration: Oct 22 2017Oct 26 2017

Publication series

Name21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2017

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySavannah
Period10/22/1710/26/17

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Dielectrophoresis
  • Insulator-based
  • Microfluidics
  • Single-walled
  • SWNT

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Bioengineering

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