Structural studies of aromatic surfactants for dispergation of multiwall carbon nanotubes

Soft Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-471

  Ltzen, Hendrik ^a   Wirts Rtters, Martin ^a   Hartwig, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersion; MWCNT; Nanotube; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC GROUP; AROMATIC SURFACTANTS; DESIGN RULES; MWCNT; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; SURFACE PRETREATMENT; SURFACE-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84859191364     PISSN: 1539445X     EISSN: 15394468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1539445X.2010.533225     Document Type: Article

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