Colloidal properties of aqueous fullerenes: Isoelectric points and aggregation kinetics of C60 and C60 derivatives

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6597-6603

  Bouchard, Dermont ^a   Ma, Xin ^a   Isaacson, Carl ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b National Recearch Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION KINETICS; AGGREGATION PROCESS; ALKYL ESTERS; ALKYL GROUPS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION (CCC); HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; ISOELECTRIC POINT (PI); METHYL ESTERS; TIME-RESOLVED DYNAMICS;

AGGLOMERATION; ALKYLATION; COAGULATION; DEIONIZED WATER; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FULLERENES; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALKYL GROUP; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AGGREGATION; COAGULATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; FULLERENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PCB; REACTION KINETICS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIGHT SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FULLERENES; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENSIONS; WATER;

EID: 69549122900     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901354r     Document Type: Article

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