Star Diblock Copolymer Concentration Dictates the Degree of Dispersion of Carbon Black Particles in Nonpolar Media: Bridging Flocculation versus Steric Stabilization

Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3691-3704

  Growney, David J ^a   Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O ^a   Derouineau, Thibault ^a   Fielding, Lee A ^a   Smith, Andrew J ^b   Aragrag, Najib ^c   Lamb, Gordon D ^c   Armes, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHROMOPHORES; COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; FLOCCULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLYSTYRENES; STABILIZATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANALYTICAL CENTRIFUGATION; AROMATIC CHROMOPHORES; BRIDGING FLOCCULATION; CARBON BLACK DISPERSIONS; CARBON BLACK PARTICLES; COPOLYMER CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR-TYPE ADSORPTION; STAR DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

CARBON BLACK;

EID: 84931287899     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00517     Document Type: Article

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