Behavior of na+-polystyrene sulfonate at the interface with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and its implication to swnt suspension stability

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 942-954

  Dobbins, Tabbetha ^a,b   Chevious, Richard ^a   Lvov, Yuri ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; PEL as process aids; Pel assembly; PEL behavior in solution and at interfaces; PEL for materials development; Polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

BJERRUM LENGTH; BULK SOLUTIONS; CATION ADSORPTION; COULOMBIC POTENTIALS; COULOMBIC REPULSION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION CONDENSATION; IONIZED POLYMERS; NANOTUBE SURFACE; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; PEL AS PROCESS AIDS; PEL ASSEMBLY; PEL BEHAVIOR IN SOLUTION AND AT INTERFACES; PEL FOR MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE; SHEET-LIKE; SINGLE-WALLED; SODIUM POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE; SUSPENSION STABILITY; SWNT SUSPENSIONS; ULTRASONIC AGITATION;

ADSORPTION; CONDENSATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYSTYRENES; POSITIVE IONS; SURFACES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79960152546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3020942     Document Type: Article

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