Michael J. Bronikowski

TL;DR: In this paper, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been produced in a gas-phase catalytic process, where catalysts for SWNT growth form in situ by thermal decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl in a heated flow of carbon monoxide at pressures of 1-10 atm and temperatures of 800-1200°C.

TL;DR: Nanotubes derivatized with a 4-tert-butylbenzene moiety were found to possess significantly improved solubility in organic solvents and represents the marriage of wire-like nanotubes with molecular electronic devices.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multistage purification method has been investigated for extracting the Fe metal catalyst and non-SWNT carbon from nanotubes produced by the HiPco process.

TL;DR: The solubility of small diameter single-wall carbon nanotubes in several organic solvents is described in this paper, and characterization in 1,2-dichlorobenzene is reported.

TL;DR: Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) produced by plasma laser vaporization (PLV) and containing oxidized surface functional groups have been studied for the first time with NEXAFS and agree well with infrared studies which show that carboxylic acid groups are thermally destroyed first, followed by the more difficult destruction of ether and quinone groups.