Datsyuk, Vitaliy and Landois, Perine and Fitremann, Juliette and Peigney, Alain and Galibert, Anne-Marie and Soula, Brigitte and Flahaut, Emmanuel Double-walled carbon nanotube dispersion via surfactant substitution. (2009) Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (18). 2729 -2736. ISSN 1364-5501
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b814122n
Abstract
A new approach for the stabilisation of double-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous media was developed. A low molecular weight surfactant was used in the first stage for the debundling of the nanotubes followed by substitution with a higher molecular weight surfactant or non-ionic surfactants. Dispersions were characterized by optical density measurements, SEM and DLS. The presence of remaining low molecular weight surfactant was investigated by FT-IR. Double walled carbon nanotube dispersions showed good dispersion stability and non-detectable amounts of the initial surfactant, which was completely removed. Such a method could be useful for preparation of stable aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes with low concentration of surfactants, which is especially important for toxicity studies.
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Institution: | Université de Toulouse > Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE) French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE) |
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