Aggregation kinetics of SDBS-dispersed carbon nanotubes in different aqueous suspensions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 409, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-166

  Ju, Li ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Xuejun ^a   Hu, Jundong ^b   Zhang, Yuling ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^c Shandong Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon nanotubes; Divalent cations; Humic acid; Monovalent cations; Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; COAGULATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTROLYTES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; KINETICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGGREGATION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION (CCC); DIVALENT CATION; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; HUMIC ACID; MONOVALENT CATIONS; MULTI-WALLED; NACL SOLUTION; SINGLE-WALLED; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION PH; STERIC REPULSIONS; TIME-RESOLVED DYNAMICS;

AGGLOMERATION;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; ELECTROLYTE; HUMIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; HYDROPHILICITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84863882930     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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