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Susana Addo Ntim1, Ornthida Sae-Khow, Frank A Witzmann, Somenath Mitra.
Abstract
The colloidal behavior of aqueous dispersions of functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (F-CNTS) formed via carboxylation and polymer wrapping with polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) is presented. The presence of polymer on the nanotube surface provided steric stabilization, and the aggregation behavior of the colloidal system was quite different from its covalently functionalized analog. Based on hydrophobicity index, particle size distribution, zeta potential as well as the aggregation kinetics studied using time-resolved dynamic light scattering, the PVP wrapped CNT was somewhat less prone to agglomeration. However, its long-term stability was lower, and this was attributed to the partial unwrapping of the polyvinyl pyrrolidone layer on the CNT surface.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21236442 PMCID: PMC3060059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.12.052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci ISSN: 0021-9797 Impact factor: 8.128