A facile approach toward preparation of sulfonated multi-walled carbon nanotubes and their dispersibility in various solvents

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 482, Issue , 2015, Pages 507-513

  Wei, Yizhe ^a   Ling, Xinlong ^a   Zou, Liming ^a   Lai, Dengpan ^a   Lu, Hongwei ^a   Xu, Yongjing ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Sulfonation; Sulfonic acid groups

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFONATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACIDS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ACETYL SULFATE; ALCOHOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFONATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84937554156     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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