Adsorption of Triton X-series surfactants and its role in stabilizing multi-walled carbon nanotube suspensions

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-367

  Bai, Yingchen ^a   Lin, Daohui ^a,b   Wu, Fengchang ^c   Wang, Zhenyu ^d   Xing, Baoshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Nanoparticles; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHAIN LENGTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; HYDROPHOBIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LANGMUIR EQUATION; MONOLAYER COVERAGE; SURFACTANT STRUCTURE; SUSPENSION DATUM;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OCTOXINOL; TRITON X 100; TRITON X 114; TRITON X 165; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATION; DISPERSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; MICELLIZATION; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 77949305577     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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