Colloidal stability of suspended and agglomerate structures ofsettled carbon nanotubes in different aqueous matrices

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3910-3920

  Schwyzer, Irène ^a,b   Kaegi, Ralf ^b   Sigg, Laura ^b   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

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

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregate structure; Carbon nanotubes; Colloidal stability; Environmental fate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; FLOCCULATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YARN;

AGGLOMERATE STRUCTURE; AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CARBON NANOTUBES MATERIALS; CARBON-NANOTUBE SUSPENSIONS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HUMIC ACID; NANOTUBE AGGLOMERATES; SUSPENDED STRUCTURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CALCIUM; CARBON NANOTUBE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; OXYGEN;

AGGLOMERATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CALCIUM; CARBON; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLOCCULATION; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRY POWDER; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOCCULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879071084     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.057     Document Type: Article

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