{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Li D"],"funding":["Key Basic Research Project of Shandong Province","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["7657"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9658345"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(21)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Homogenously dispersing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in solvents has been one critical step towards exploiting their exceptional properties in high-performance components. However, the solubility of SWNTs is severely limited by the inert tube surfaces and strong tube-tube van der Waals attractions. Starting with carbon nanotubides, i.e., negatively charged SWNTs reduced by alkali metals, we herein propose a sonication-free approach to prepare an aqueous dispersion of SWNTs. The approach combines the spontaneous dissolution of nanotubides in polar aprotic solvents with polyvinylpyrrolidone wrapping and dialysis in deionized H<sub>2</sub>O, which results in well-dispersed, neutralized SWNTs. The gelation of concentrated SWNT dispersion leads to the formation of hydrogels, which is "],"journal":["Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Sonication-Free Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for High-Sorption-Capacity Aerogel Fabrication."],"pmcid":["PMC9658345"],"funding_grant_id":["ZR2019ZD49","51972184"],"pubmed_authors":["Xin L","Feng L","Li D","Chen Z","Wu Q","Wang S","He M","Yang B","Wang X","Hao S","Han F","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Sonication-Free Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for High-Sorption-Capacity Aerogel Fabrication.","description":"Homogenously dispersing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in solvents has been one critical step towards exploiting their exceptional properties in high-performance components. However, the solubility of SWNTs is severely limited by the inert tube surfaces and strong tube-tube van der Waals attractions. Starting with carbon nanotubides, i.e., negatively charged SWNTs reduced by alkali metals, we herein propose a sonication-free approach to prepare an aqueous dispersion of SWNTs. The approach combines the spontaneous dissolution of nanotubides in polar aprotic solvents with polyvinylpyrrolidone wrapping and dialysis in deionized H<sub>2</sub>O, which results in well-dispersed, neutralized SWNTs. The gelation of concentrated SWNT dispersion leads to the formation of hydrogels, which is ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-22T12:39:47.986Z","creation":"2025-04-06T00:20:45.331Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9658345","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36364483"],"doi":["10.3390/molecules27217657"]}}