Influence of the cation alkyl chain length of imidazolium-based room temperature ionic liquids on the dispersibility of TiO2 nanopowders

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wittmar, Alexandra ^a   Gajda, Martyna ^a   Gautam, Devendraprakash ^a   Dörfler, Udo ^a   Winterer, Markus ^a   Ulbricht, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionic liquids; Nanoparticles dispersions; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; ELASTICITY; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POSITIVE IONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

CHEMICAL VAPOR SYNTHESIS; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ALKYL GROUP; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLIUM; IONIC LIQUID; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPOWDER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FLOW KINETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84873381595     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1463-2     Document Type: Article

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