Issue 1, 2007
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Analyst

Super-washing does not leave single walled carbon nanotubes iron-free†

Kerstin Jurkschat,a   Xiaobo Ji,b   Alison Crossley,a   Richard G. Compton*b  and  Craig E. Banks*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK

b Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
E-mail: richard.compton@chem.ox.ac.uk

c Chemistry, School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: craig.banks@ntu.ac.uk

Abstract

We demonstrate with transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy that single-walled carbon nanotubes contain significant amounts of iron in the form of Fe3O4, which even after acid washing, is not removed.

Graphical abstract: Super-washing does not leave single walled carbon nanotubes iron-free

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B615824B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Oct 2006
Accepted
21 Nov 2006
First published
30 Nov 2006

Analyst, 2007,132, 21-23

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Super-washing does not leave single walled carbon nanotubes iron-free

K. Jurkschat, X. Ji, A. Crossley, R. G. Compton and C. E. Banks, Analyst, 2007, 132, 21 DOI: 10.1039/B615824B

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