Table 5.
Separation of SWNTs by selective reaction.
| Reference | Separated object | SWNTs | Chemicals |
| [130,168] | M/S | HiPco | H2O2/water at 90 °C |
| [169] | diameter, (n, m) | HiPco | air at 450 °C, H2O2/water at 90 °C |
| [170] | diameter | HiPco | H2O2, light irradiation |
| [171] | (n, m) | HiPco, CoMoCAT | H2O2, SC or SC/SDS in D2O |
| [172] | diameter | HiPco | H2O2 + light |
| [173] | M/S | HiPco | OsO4, UV |
| [182] | M/S | AD | NaClOx/1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone |
| [174] | M/S, diameter | HiPco | acid mixture (H2SO4/HNO3) under microwave irradiation |
| [175] | M/S | HiPco | acid mixture (H2SO4/HNO3) |
| [176,177] | diameter | HiPco | acid mixture (H2SO4/HNO3) at 35–55 °C under sonication |
| [178] | M/S | HiPco | HNO3 at 135 °C |
| [179,180] | diameter | HiPco | ozone in methanol at −78 °C |
| [181] | (6, 5) | HiPco | AuCl4–, SC/water |
| [183] | diameter | LV | air at 350–550 °C, HNO3 at 120 °C |
| [184] | HiPco | air at 460–620 °C | |
| [185,186] | M/S | HiPco | NO2SbF6 or NO2BF4 in tetramethylene sulfone/chloroform |
| [187] | M/S, diameter | SWNTs | NO2 |
| [188,189] | M/S | HiPco | dichlorocarbene in dichlorobenzene |
| [190,194,197,198,199] | M/S | HiPco | diazonium salt/water |
| [191] | M/S | AD | diazonium salt of 4-heptadecafluorooctyl-aniline/perfluorohexane |
| [192,195] | M/S | HiPco, AD | 4-nitrobenzenediazonium salt in DMF, 4-aminobenzylamine |
| [193,200] | M/S | CVD | 4-bromobenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate in water |
| [58,109,201] | M/S | HiPco | 4-hydroxybenzenediazonium salt |
| [196] | M/S | HiPco | SC, 4-dodecyloxybenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate in water |
| [202] | M/S, diameter | HiPco | SDS, 4-chloro- and 4-nitrophenyldiazonium salts in water |
| [203] | M/S, diameter | HiPco | fluorine gas |
| [204] | M/S | HiPco | triethylsilane at room temperature |
| [205] | M/S | HiPco | perfluoro 2-(fluorosulfonylethoxy)propyl vinyl ether at 215 °C |
| [206] | M/S | HiPco | SO3 at 400 °C |
| [130,208] | M/S | HiPco | azomethine ylide/THF at 65 °C |
| [207] | M/S, diameter | HiPco | RLi, RMgX in cyclohexane |
| [209,210,211] | M/S | MWNTs, SWNTs | current-induced electrical breakdown |
| [212] | M/S | CVD | methane plasma at 400 °C/annealing at 600 °C |
| [213] | M/S | AD | hydrogen plasma |
| [214] | (n, m) | CVD | laser irradiation |
| [215] | M/S | CoMoCAT, HiPco, LV | laser irradiation |
| [218] | M/S | Fe-catalyzed CVD | Xe lamp |
| [216] | CoMoCAT | microwave irradiation | |
| [174,217] | M/S, diameter | HiPco | microwave irradiation |
| [219] | diameter | HiPco | Li at 473 °C |
| [220] | (n, m) | HiPco | SDS in D2O/salt (NaCl, MgSO4, ErCl3) |
| [221] | diameter | HiPco | LiClO4, (CH3)4NBF4, n-Bu4NClO4, n-Oct4NClO4, ionic liquid in CH3CN |
| [222] | M/S | AD | aromatic or aliphatic solvent with electron-withdrawing or -donating groups |
| [223] | (n, m) | HiPco | TCNQ, TFTCNQa, mordant yellow 10 and ABb |
| [224] | M/S | (10, 0), (6, 6) | naphthalene, anthracene, TCNQ and DDQ |
a 2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluoro-7, 7, 8, 8-tetracyanoquinodimethane, b 4-amino-1, 1-azobenzene-3, 4-disulfonic acid.