Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Display Applications

  • Manivannan, S. (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ryu, Je-Hwang (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jeong, Il-Ok (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Seok (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Seo (Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jang, Jin (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Kyu-Chang (Department of Information Display and Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2007.08.27

Abstract

Dispersion of arc-discharged single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been accomplished by a water soluble polymer wrapping functionalization at room temperature. The treated SWNTs were redispersed in both aqueous and many organic solvents and the solutions were found to be stable.

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