Carboxyl-tailed ionic liquid promoted aqueous dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-282

  Gunasekaran, S G ^a   Dharmendirakumar, M ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

dispersion; ionic liquid; morphology; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; x ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DISPERSION (WAVES); HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOELECTRONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM RAMAN; HYDROPHILIC SURFACTANTS; HYDROPHOBIC CHAINS; IMIDAZOLIUM RING; INFRARED SPECTRAL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84899849515     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008313511349     Document Type: Article

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