Pyrene-poss nanohybrid as a dispersant for carbon nanotubes in solvents of various polarities: Its synthesis and application in the preparation of a composite membrane

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Majeed, Shahid ^a   Filiz, Volkan ^a   Shishatskiy, Sergey ^a   Wind, Jan ^a   Abetz, Clarissa ^a   Abetz, Volker ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube dispersion; Conductive membranes; Non covalent functionalization; Pyrene poss

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; HEXANE; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PYRENE; SILICONES;

CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; NANO HYBRIDS; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; TETRA-HYDROFURAN;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84863993881     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-296     Document Type: Article

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