Solubilization and debundling of purified single-walled carbon nanotubes using solubilizing agents in an aqueous solution by high-speed vibration milling technique.

Abstract

Purified single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and cyclodextrins (CDs) mixed by a mechanochemical ‘high-speed vibration milling technique’ (HSVM) are soluble in an aqueous solution because of the formation of SWNT·CDs complexes and the debundling of SWNTs.