Shear induced fabrication of intertwined single walled carbon nanotube rings

Kasturi Vimalanathan; Xianjue Chen; Colin L Raston

doi:10.1039/c4cc03126a

Shear induced fabrication of intertwined single walled carbon nanotube rings

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 7;50(77):11295-8. doi: 10.1039/c4cc03126a.

Authors

Kasturi Vimalanathan¹, Xianjue Chen, Colin L Raston

Affiliation

¹ Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. colin.raston@flinders.edu.au.

PMID: 24918519
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03126a

Abstract

Thin film microfluidic shearing of a mixture of toluene dispersed single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and water in a vortex fluidic device results in SWCNT nanorings (and related structures), diameters 100 to 200 nm or 300 to 700 nm, for respectively 10 mm or 20 mm diameter rotating tubes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Particle Size
Shear Strength
Toluene / chemistry
Water / chemistry

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon
Water
Toluene