Heteroaggregation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and hematite nanoparticles: Rates and mechanisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5912-5920

  Huynh, Khanh An ^a   McCaffery, J Michael ^b   Chen, Kai Loon ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE GROWTH; BINARY SYSTEMS; BLOCKING MECHANISMS; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CRYO-TEM); DIFFUSION LIMITED; HEMATITE NANOPARTICLES; HETERO-AGGREGATES; HETEROAGGREGATION; HUMIC ACID; LOW IONIC STRENGTH; MASS CONCENTRATION; OPTIMAL VALUES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; TIME-RESOLVED DYNAMICS;

AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HEMATITE; IONIC STRENGTH; IRON ORES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION;

FERRIC OXIDE; HEMATITE NANOPARTICLE; HUMIC ACID; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION; CARBON; ELECTROKINESIS; HEMATITE; HUMIC ACID; IONIC COMPOSITION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MASS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84861877063     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2047206     Document Type: Article

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