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Modification and dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in water

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In the present work, the decorated purified raw multi-walled carbon nanotubes (R-MWCNTs) were obtained by chemical modification (CM) by treatment with concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid mixture with a certain volume ratio of 1: 3. The R-MWCNTs and CM-MWCNTs samples were investigated by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The prepared MWCNTs were homogeneously dispersed in water using a commercial surfactant (Polyvinyl pyrrolidone, (PVP)) and ultra-sonication. The dispersion of MWCNTs was obtained by UV-Vis analysis. The results show that chemical modification purified MWCNTs and more effective functional groups were attached on the surface of MWCNTs. Meanwhile, R-MWCNTs and CM-MWCNTs were uniformly distributed in aqueous PVP solution and the dispersion of CM-MWCNTs in water was better.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, China

    Z. H. He

  2. Shandong Provincial Academy of Building Research, Jinan, 250031, China

    G. B. Gao

  3. Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, 250353, China

    Y. M. Zhang

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He, Z.H., Gao, G.B. & Zhang, Y.M. Modification and dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in water. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 88, 1191–1195 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024414070176

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