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Effects of surface charging treatment on outer and inner surfaces of a nanoporous carbon

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As the outer surface of a nanoporous carbon is treated with 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid, the carbon particles can form a stable suspension in water. When the water phase is compressed, the liquid infiltration behavior in the nanopores becomes significantly different from that of untreated material, suggesting that the inner surface is also modified. After the treatment, the infiltration pressure does not decrease. Therefore, the chain configurations at the inner and outer surfaces must be different, which explains the variations in infiltration pressure and volume.

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  1. Department of Structural Engineering, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0085, USA

    Weiyi Lu & Yu Qiao

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Texas–Pan America, Edinburg, Texas, 78539, USA

    Aijie Han

  3. Program of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    Taewan Kim, Hyuck Lim & Yu Qiao

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Lu, W., Han, A., Kim, T. et al. Effects of surface charging treatment on outer and inner surfaces of a nanoporous carbon. Journal of Materials Research 24, 2471–2475 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2009.0296

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