Dispersions of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes in strong acids: Solubility and rheology

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3378-3385

  Rai, Pradeep K ^a,b   Parra Vasquez, A Nicholas G ^a,b   Chattopadhyay, Jayanta ^a,c   Pinnick, Robert A ^a,b   Liang, Feng ^a,c   Sadana, Anil K ^a,c   Hauge, Robert H ^a,c   Edward Billups, W ^a,c   Pasquali, Matteo ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functionalized carbon nanotubes; Percolation; Rheology; Solubility

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS; COMMON SOLVENTS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCES; COVALENT SIDEWALL; DE-BUNDLING; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; ISOTROPIC PHASE; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (PLM); SIDEWALL FUNCTIONALIZATION; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); STRONG ACIDS; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDS; CENTRIFUGATION; COLLOIDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ACIDS; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 41649106271     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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