@article {665,
	title = {Cutting floating single-walled carbon nanotubes with a {\textquoteleft}CO2 blade{\textquoteright}},
	journal = {Carbon},
	volume = {143},
	year = {2019},
	month = {Mar-2019},
	pages = {481 - 486},
	abstract = {<p>Uniform ultra-short (\&lt; 100 nm) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with properties of rich chemistry, high dispersity and easy manipulation, are of great importance for constructing novel nanostructures and highly integrated miniature devices. Herein, we report a recent breakthrough in cutting long SWCNTs into uniform ultra-short segments in gas-phase using CO2 as a \&$\#$39;blade.\&$\#$39; SWCNTs synthesized by an aerosol reactor are directly introduced into a second reactor for gaseous cutting. The quality and the number concentration of shortened SWCNTs are enhanced after the gas-phase cutting process. Moreover, the growth and cutting of SWCNTs are accomplished in a continuous gas-phase process, thus allows direct dry deposition of ultra-short SWCNTs as individual macromolecules or thin films onto various substrates for multiple applications. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>
},
	issn = {00086223},
	doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2018.11.035},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0008622318310558},
	author = {Tian, Ying and Wei, Nan and Laiho, Patrik and Ahmad, Saeed and Yann Magnin and Liao, Yongping and Christophe Bichara and Jiang, Hua and Kauppinen, Esko I.}
}
