eprintid: 33977
rev_number: 23
eprint_status: archive
userid: 7731
dir: disk0/00/03/39/77
datestamp: 2023-11-20 08:11:39
lastmod: 2023-11-20 09:26:13
status_changed: 2023-11-20 08:11:39
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Lindenthal, Sebastian
creators_name: Settele, Simon
creators_name: Hellmann, Joshua
creators_name: Schmitt, Klaus
creators_name: Zaumseil, Jana
corp_creators: Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University
title: A Hands-On Guide to Shear Force Mixing of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conjugated Polymers
subjects: ddc-500
subjects: ddc-530
subjects: ddc-540
divisions: i-120300
keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Dispersion, Shear Force Mixing, Organic Solvents, Conjugated Polymers
abstract: This guide provides a detailed step-by-step procedure for the dispersion of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes by shear force mixing with the conjugated polymer PFO-BPy in organic solvents. All processes presented here were developed in the Zaumseil group at Heidelberg University since 2015 and represent best practices to the best of our knowledge. In addition to the detailed instructions, we discuss potential pitfalls and problems, that we have encountered over eight years of operation and show how to solve them. This also includes a detailed description of how to maintain and service a shear force mixer to ensure long operation lifetime. Finally, we show how to expand our process to the dispersion other nanotube chiralities in electronic-grade quality and how to treat dispersions for subsequent processing (e.g., thin film deposition or functionalization).
date: 2023
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00033977
fp7_project_id: 817494
ppn_swb: 1870638832
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-339770
language: eng
bibsort: LINDENTHALAHANDSONGU20231117
full_text_status: public
citation:   Lindenthal, Sebastian ; Settele, Simon ; Hellmann, Joshua ; Schmitt, Klaus ; Zaumseil, Jana  (2023) A Hands-On Guide to Shear Force Mixing of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conjugated Polymers.         
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/33977/7/Hands-On_Guide_Shear_Force_Mixing_2023.pdf