Determination of Effective Particle Density for Sterically Stabilized Carbon Black Particles: Effect of Diblock Copolymer Stabilizer Composition

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 8764-8773

  Growney, David J ^a   Fowler, Patrick W ^a   Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O ^a   Fielding, Lee A ^a   Derry, Matthew J ^a   Aragrag, Najib ^b   Lamb, Gordon D ^b   Armes, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK COATINGS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON BLACK; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMOPHORES; DISPERSIONS; HYDROGENATION; MICELLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; STARS; STYRENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL CENTRIFUGATION; AROMATIC CHROMOPHORES; CARBON BLACK PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SUBSTRATES; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; DEGREE OF DISPERSION; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES; PARTICLE DENSITIES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939623722     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01651     Document Type: Article

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