Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 463, Issue -, Pages 227-233Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.08.206
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Hydrophilic; Surface; Contact angle
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- National Science Center, Poland [UMO-2015/19/P/ST5/03799, UMO-2015/19/N/ST8/02184]
- European Union [665778]
- Foundation for Polish Science [START 025.2017]
- Ministry for Science and Higher Education [0388/E-367/STYP/12/2017]
- Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice [04/020/RGJ18/0057]
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We have demonstrated that nanocarbon materials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene have an intrinsically hydrophilic nature. Addition of liquid hydrocarbons or polycyclic aromatic compounds, which are the common side-products of nanocarbon syntheses, turned the otherwise hydrophilic CNT films hydrophobic. The very small amount needed to cause this effect was not discernable by SEM or Raman spectroscopy and also it could be easily overlooked by other methods of analysis. Upon simple and rapid thermal desorption of these species we were able to fully recover the water affinity in these CNT networks. Without using any oxidizing agents the material remains hydrophilic for weeks having water contact angle of about 35 degrees. The results pave the way towards implementation of low-dimensional nanostructures in the real life without disrupting their inherent properties.
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