Highly efficient and predictable noncovalent dispersion of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes by cellulose nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 22694-22701

  Mougel, Jean Bruno ^a,b   Adda, Coline ^a   Bertoncini, Patricia ^a   Capron, Isabelle ^b   Cathala, Bernard ^b   Chauvet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DISPERSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; IRREVERSIBLE ADSORPTION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON FIBERS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DISPERSIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84990026634     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07289     Document Type: Article

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