Gas phase sorting of fullerenes, polypeptides and carbon nanotubes

Author(s)
Hendrik Ulbricht, Martin Berninger, Sarayut Deachapunya, André Stefanov, Markus Arndt
Abstract

We discuss the Stark deflectometry of micro-modulated molecular beams for the enrichment of biomolecular isomers as well as single-wall carbon nanotubes, and we demonstrate the working principle of this idea with fullerenes. The sorting is based on the species-dependent susceptibility-to-mass ratio ?/m. The device is compatible with a high molecular throughput, and the spatial micro-modulation of the beam permits one to obtain a fine spatial resolution and a high sorting sensitivity.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Burapha University
Journal
Nanotechnology
Volume
19
No. of pages
7
ISSN
0957-4484
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/04/045502
Publication date
2008
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1030 Physics, Astronomy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e9bdb1cc-b596-4556-b6c3-a7323e4c40ee