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- 2023Interactions between Ionic Cellulose Derivatives Recycled from Textile Wastes and Surfactants: Interfacial, Aggregation and Wettability Studiescitations
- 2022Polymer/surfactant mixtures as dispersants and non-covalent functionalization agents of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Synergism, morphological characterization and molecular picturecitations
- 2021Enhancing the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes within starch-based films by the use of ionic surfactantscitations
- 2021Nanocomposites Prepared from Carbon Nanotubes and the Transition Metal Dichalcogenides WS2 and MoS2 via Surfactant-Assisted Dispersions as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reactionscitations
- 2021Carbon nanotube/graphene nanocomposites built via surfactant-mediated colloid assembly as metal-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reactioncitations
- 2018Block Copolymers as Dispersants for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Modes of Surface Attachment and Role of Block Polydispersitycitations
- 2017Critical Role of the Spacer Length of Gemini Surfactants on the Formation of Ionic Liquid Crystals and Thermotropic Behaviorcitations
- 2013Self-Aggregation Properties of Ionic Liquid 1,3-Didecyl-2-methylimidazolium Chloride in Aqueous Solution: From Spheres to Cylinders to Bilayerscitations
- 2008Spontaneous vesicle formation in catanionic mixtures of amino acid-based surfactants: Chain length symmetry effectscitations
- 2007Interactions between gemini surfactants and polymers: Thermodynamic studiescitations
- 2004Network formation of catanionic vesicles and oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. Effect of polymer charge density and hydrophobic modificationcitations
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Polymer/surfactant mixtures as dispersants and non-covalent functionalization agents of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Synergism, morphological characterization and molecular picture
Abstract
While surfactants and polymers have been independently investigated as agents to separate, disperse and stabilize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in water, mixed polymer/surfactant (P/S) systems have been far less studied for those ends. In this work, we investigated the ability of various types of P/S mixtures to effectively separate multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in water, using rigorously controlled processing conditions. Two types of mixtures were explored: i) nonionic polymer (PVP, polyvinylpyrrolidone) and ionic surfactant (sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, SDBS, or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB); and ii) ionic polymer (poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride), PDDA, and sodium polyacrylate, PAS) and nonionic surfactant (TX-100). Detailed, high precision dispersibility curves (concentration of dispersed nanotubes vs. total P/S concentration, at fixed S concentration) are presented for four P/S mixtures (PVP/SDBS, PVP/CTAB, PDDA/TX-100 and PAS/TX-100) and their respective individual components. Quantitative metrics extracted from the dispersibility curves allow for reliable comparisons between the systems. In all P/S mixtures, beneficial (synergistic) effects in nanotube dispersibility are observed compared to the individual components, with the exception of the PDDA/TX-100 one for which a detrimental (antagonistic) effect occurs. Morphological characterization of the as-obtained dispersions by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows a significant degree of nanotube separation by the P/S systems. Surface tension and zeta potential measurements provide further information on the interactions at play between the MWNTs and the P/S mixtures, allowing to conceive plausible mechanisms for the synergistic effects observed. P/S association may not only offer conditions for an enhanced dispersibility of CNTs but also expand the types of noncovalent, reversible functionalization required in many applications, such as the development of nanocomposite particles, films and coatings.