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Four degrees of separation

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The separation of semiconducting and metallic nanotubes from bulk mixed samples is an essential requirement for researchers attempting to fabricate nanotube-based electronic devices. Four reports demonstrate the variety of approaches being used to tackle this problem.

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Figure 1: The experimental set-up used by Krupke et al.1 for selective dielectrophoretic deposition of metallic nanotubes from a sample suspension containing mixed metallic and semiconducting tubes.

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Weisman, R. Four degrees of separation. Nature Mater 2, 569–570 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat970

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