Dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous pluronic F127 solutions for biological applications

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-25

  Ciofani, Gianni ^a   Raffa, Vittoria ^a   Pensabene, Virginia ^a,b   Menciassi, Arianna ^a,b   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological applications; Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Pluronic F127

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; APPLICATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ION BEAMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; FIRST ORDERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PLURONIC; PLURONIC F127; PRETREATMENT; REACTION DATUMS; SURFACTANT ADSORPTIONS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149214042     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830802515840     Document Type: Article

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