Dispersion and filtration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and measurement of nanoparticle agglomerates in diesel exhaust

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-76

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Pui, David Y H ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Diesel exhaust particles; Electrospray; Filtration; Nanoparticle agglomerates; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; FILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; TOXICITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOLIZATION; DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICULATES; DIESEL EXHAUSTS; DISPERSION TECHNIQUE; ELECTROSPRAYS; INHALATION STUDIES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NANO-PARTICLE ANALYZER; NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES; NON-SPHERICAL; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; SCREEN FILTERS; VAN DER WALLS FORCES;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 84869878523     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.045     Document Type: Article

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