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Highly selective sorting of semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes exhibiting light emission at telecom wavelengths

Show Author's Information Francesco Sarti1,  Francesco Biccari1,  Federica Fioravanti1,  Ughetta Torrini1,  Anna Vinattieri1,  Vincent Derycke2,  Massimo Gurioli1,  Arianna Filoramo2( )
Department of Physics and LENSUniversity of FlorenceVia Sansone 150019Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
LICSENNIMBECEACNRSUniversity Paris-SaclayCEA Saclay91191Gif sur Yvette CEDEX, France
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optical properties, sorting, field effect transistors, single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)
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Sarti F, Biccari F, Fioravanti F, et al. Highly selective sorting of semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes exhibiting light emission at telecom wavelengths. Nano Research, 2016, 9(8): 2478-2486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1134-6
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Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are known for their exceptional electronic properties. However, most of the synthesis methods lead to the production of a mixture of carbon nanotubes having different chiralities associated with metallic (m-SWNTs) and semiconducting (s-SWNTs) characteristics. For application purposes, effective methods for separating these species are highly desired. Here, we report a protocol for achieving a highly selective separation of s-SWNTs that exhibit a fundamental optical transition centered at 1, 550 nm. We employ a polymer assisted sorting approach, and the influence of preparation methods on the optical and transport performances of the separated nanotubes is analyzed. As even traces of m-SWNTs can critically affect performances, we aim to produce samples that do not contain any detectable fraction of residual m-SWNTs.


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Highly selective sorting of semiconducting single wall carbon nanotubes exhibiting light emission at telecom wavelengths

Show Author's information Francesco Sarti1, Francesco Biccari1, Federica Fioravanti1, Ughetta Torrini1, Anna Vinattieri1, Vincent Derycke2, Massimo Gurioli1, Arianna Filoramo2( )
Department of Physics and LENSUniversity of FlorenceVia Sansone 150019Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
LICSENNIMBECEACNRSUniversity Paris-SaclayCEA Saclay91191Gif sur Yvette CEDEX, France

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Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are known for their exceptional electronic properties. However, most of the synthesis methods lead to the production of a mixture of carbon nanotubes having different chiralities associated with metallic (m-SWNTs) and semiconducting (s-SWNTs) characteristics. For application purposes, effective methods for separating these species are highly desired. Here, we report a protocol for achieving a highly selective separation of s-SWNTs that exhibit a fundamental optical transition centered at 1, 550 nm. We employ a polymer assisted sorting approach, and the influence of preparation methods on the optical and transport performances of the separated nanotubes is analyzed. As even traces of m-SWNTs can critically affect performances, we aim to produce samples that do not contain any detectable fraction of residual m-SWNTs.

Keywords: optical properties, sorting, field effect transistors, single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)

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Received: 10 February 2016
Revised: 28 April 2016
Accepted: 03 May 2016
Published: 29 June 2016
Issue date: August 2016

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This work was funded by the European Union through the FP7 Project CARTOON (Contract FP7-618025).

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