Efficient dispersing and shortening of super-growth carbon nanotubes by ultrasonic treatment with ceramic balls and surfactants

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-555

  Xu, Hui ^a,b   Abe, Hiroya ^a   Naito, Makio ^a   Fukumori, Yoshinobu ^c   Ichikawa, Hideki ^c   Endoh, Shigehisa ^d   Hata, Kenji ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Shortening; Super growth carbon nanotubes; Surfactant; Ultrasonic treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CERAMIC BALLS; LONG TUBES; LOW POWER; SHORTENING; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE; SUPER-GROWTH CARBON NANOTUBES; SURFACTANT; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; WELL-DISPERSED;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77957301877     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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