Abstract
The effect of ball milling process on the fracture of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) is investigated using gel electrophoresis and Raman spectroscopy. A comparative Raman spectroscopy analysis, performed on the migrated nanotubes in the gel, shows that large diameter tubes are cut shorter and move faster in the gel. The D peak of Raman spectrum increases after an extended operation of the ball milling process, while that of the ultrasonicated nanotubes does not show an apparent change.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 741-744 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2007 |
Keywords
- Ball milling
- Fracture
- Raman spectroscopy
- Separation
- Single walled carbon nanotubes