Photodegradation of dispersants in colloidal suspensions of pristine graphene

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2016, Pages 425-431

  Hansen, Matthew J ^a   Rountree, Kyler S ^b   Irin, Fahmida ^a   Sweeney, Charles B ^b   Klaassen, Christopher D ^a   Green, Micah J ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Films; Graphene; Nanomaterials; Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FILMS; IRRADIATION; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; IRRADIATION TIME; PHOTO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYMERIC DISPERSANTS; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; SURFACE COVERAGES;

GRAPHENE;

DISPERSANT; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEET; POVIDONE; SAPOGENIN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 84952915463     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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