Influence of the initial state of carbon nanotubes on their colloidal stability under natural conditions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1641-1648

  Schwyzer, Irne ^a,b   Kaegi, Ralf ^b   Sigg, Laura ^b   Magrez, Arnaud ^c   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Long term colloidal stability; Natural organic matter (humic fulvic acid); Surfactants (anionic, non ionic, cationic)

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUND; ANIONIC DETERGENTS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; CRITICAL DETERMINANT; DISPERSION QUALITY; INITIAL STATE; MEDIUM COMPOSITION; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SURFACTANTS (ANIONIC, NON-IONIC, CATIONIC); TEM; TEM ANALYSIS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WATER COLUMNS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STABILITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CARBON NANOTUBE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

CARBON; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; SETTLING VELOCITY; SURFACTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRACTIONATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955108208     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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