Small angle light scattering study of improved dispersion of carbon nanofibers in water by plasma treatment

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2329-2336

  Zhao, Jian ^a,b,c   Shi, Donglu ^b,d,e   Lian, Jie ^f  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DISPERSION BEHAVIOR; FORM FACTORS; FRACTAL CLUSTERS; HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY; LARGE AGGLOMERATE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; PLASMA TREATMENT; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; SCATTERED INTENSITY; SCATTERING DATA; SMALL-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING; TIME EVOLUTIONS; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS; UNIFIED MODEL; VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; PLASMAS; POLYMER FILMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFRACTION; SCATTERING; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 67349248395     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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