Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 27, Issue 22, Pages 13451-13460Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la2028466
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- National Science Foundation [CMMI 0826067, EFRI 0937985]
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
- Directorate For Engineering [0826067] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In this paper, we present the analyses of surface tension of surfactant-stabilized dispersions of carbon nanotubes. This method allows one to study interactions of carbon nanotubes with surfactants at different levels of nanotube loading when optical methods fall short in quantifying the level of nanotube separation. Sodium dodecyl sulfate was used as a stabilizing agent to uniformly disperse single-walled carbon nanotubes in an aqueous media. We show that surface tension is very sensitive to small changes of nanotube and surfactant concentrations. The experimental data suggest that, at moderate concentrations, surfactant displaces carbon nanotubes from the air water interface and the nanotubes are mostly moved into the bulk of the liquid. By analyzing the surface tension as a function of surfactant concentration, we obtained the dependence of critical micelle concentration on nanotube loading. We then constructed the adsorption isotherm for dodecyl sulfate on carbon nanotubes and bundles of carbon nanotubes. The results of these experiments enabled us to extend the phase diagram of the produced dispersions to a broader range of surfactant and nanotube concentrations.
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