Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases formed in binary mixture of 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride/ethylammonium nitrate and its application in the dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Zhao, Mingwei ^a   Gao, Yanan ^a   Zheng, Liqiang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ionic liquid; Liquid crystalline; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BEFORE AND AFTER; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

1 TETRADECYL 3 METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; ETHYLAMMONIUM NITRATE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956875501     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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