Facile preparation of homogeneous and length controllable halloysite nanotubes by ultrasonic scission and uniform viscosity centrifugation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 291, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-29

  Rong, Rui ^a   Xu, Xiaolong ^a   Zhu, Shanshan ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Wang, Xue ^a   Tang, Kaibin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Halloysite; Nanotubes; Ultrasonic scission; Uniform viscosity

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; NANOTUBES; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; YARN;

HALLOYSITE; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE (HNTS); INDUSTRIAL PREPARATION; SYNTHESIZED NANOTUBES; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; UNIFORM VISCOSITY; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

CENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 84957101346     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.01.082     Document Type: Article

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