Debundling of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in N, N-dimethylacetamide by polymers

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2571-2580

  Plisko, Tatiana V ^a   Bildyukevich, Alexandr V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Dispersion; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs); N,N dimethylacetamide (DMAc); Particle size distribution; Polymer wrapping

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; DISPERSION MECHANISMS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); N ,N-DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; POLYMER WRAPPING; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84921066566     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3305-x     Document Type: Article

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