Conformational changes of strong polycations in the presence of divalent counterions and their influence upon the flocculation efficiency

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 348, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Dragan, Ecaterina Stela ^a   Dinu, Ionel Adrian ^a   Mihai, Marcela ^a  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

AFM; Congo Red; Divalent counterions; Kaolin; Polycations; Reduced viscosity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZO DYES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; KAOLIN; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY; WINDOWS;

AFM; CONGO RED; DIVALENT COUNTERIONS; POLYCATIONS; REDUCED VISCOSITY;

SILICON WAFERS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CONGO RED; COUNTERION; N,N DIMETHYL 2 HYDROXYPROPYLENEAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; POLY(N,N DIMETHYLAMINOETHYLMETHACRYLATE); POLYCATION; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TURBIDIMETRY; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 69249202286     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.07.044     Document Type: Article

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