STTR Phase I: Holistic Separation of High Purity Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这个小企业技术转移第一阶段项目是开发一种新技术，用于按直径和电子类型对单壁碳纳米管（SWNTs）进行大规模分选。一种经济的碳纳米管分选方法可以实现许多应用。金属SWNTs可以作为纳米级电路的引线，柔性和透明导体（取代氧化铟锡（ITO）），超级电容器和场发射体，而高纯度半导体SWNTs可以在场效应晶体管，光伏器件和传感器中找到应用。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project is to develop a novel technology for the large-scale sorting of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by diameter and electronic type. An economical process for sorting carbon nanotubes can enable many applications. Metallic SWNTs could serve as leads in nanoscale circuits, flexible and transparent conductors (replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO)), supercapacitors, and field emitters, while high-purity semiconducting SWNTs could find applications in field-effect transistors, photovoltaic devices, and sensors.