SUNUM researcher Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kemal Bayazıt's research article titled “A Diameter Selective Fullerene-Mediated Supramolecular Self-Assembly Motif for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Enrichment” has been published in Carbon.
This study introduces a previously overlooked approach to the diameter-selective enrichment of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). While conventional methods rely on interactions with the outer surface of the nanotubes (exohedral), this research achieves diameter-selective separation for the first time by exploiting the nanotubes' inner cavities (endohedral). The developed method effectively isolates SWCNTs within the 1.4–1.7 nm diameter range. As a result, it opens up a new avenue in nanotube enrichment both in terms of methodology and practical application.
The other authors of the article are Hin Chun Yau, Christopher S. Roberts, Joachim H. G. Steinke, and Milo S. P. Shaffer from Imperial College London.
The article is available at sciencedirect.com
