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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 280, 期 1, 页码 91-97出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.07.028
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single-walled carbon nanotube; suspension; colloid; light scattering; fractal dimension; aggregation
The aggregation behavior of colloidal single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in dilute aqueous suspensions was investigated using a novel light scattering measurement technique. The aggregation of SWNT in three suspensions was examined: (1) nanotubes after acid treatment; (2) as-received nanotubes stabilized by a nonionic Surfactant: and (3) acid-treated nanotubes with nonionic surfactant. Continuous light scattering measurements of the SWNT suspensions (probing the 38-436 run length scale) made over two weeks showed that the nanotubes in each sample formed networks with fractal-like structures. The as-received nanotubes were stable over the measurement period, while the acid-treated nanotube Suspension showed greater dispersion variability over time, yielding looser structures at large length scales, and more compact structures at smaller length scales. The addition of surfactant to the acid-treated suspension significantly enhanced nanotube dispersion. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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