University of Southern California

Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce

Jason K Streit

Chongwu Zhou

Ming Zheng

Angela R Hight Walker

Hui Gui

A method of separating and extracting carbon nanotubes, the method includes introducing the carbon nanotubes into a two-phase system that includes a first component and a second component, the first component being different from the second component. The method includes introducing a chemical agent into the two-phase system, mixing the chemical agent and the carbon nanotubes in the two-phase system, removing the first component to extract a first portion of the carbon nanotubes contained in the first component after the mixing, replenishing the two-phase system with fresh first component, and extracting a second portion of the carbon nanotubes contained in the fresh first component. A bandgap of the carbon nanotubes in the first portion is different from the bandgap of the carbon nanotubes in the second portion.

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Gaithersburg, MD, United States of America

Jason K Streit