Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water and non-aqueous solvents

OV Kharissova, BI Kharisov, EG de Casas Ortiz - Rsc Advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Contemporary methods for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in water and non-aqueous
media are discussed. Most attention is paid to ultrasonic and plasma techniques and other …

The adsorption behavior of surfactants on mineral surfaces in the presence of electrolytes–A critical review

Z Chang, X Chen, Y Peng - Minerals Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
How saline water affects the adsorption of surfactants on mineral surfaces and the
subsequent flotation behavior is still unknown despite the widespread application of saline …

Stabilization and dispersion of carbon nanomaterials in aqueous solutions: A review

YAJ Al-Hamadani, KH Chu, A Son, J Heo, N Her… - Separation and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have become candidates for numerous applications in
nanocomposites, microelectric devices, sensors, energy storage, microelectronics …

Probing carbon nanotube–amino acid interactions in aqueous solution with molecular dynamics simulations

Z He, J Zhou - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
The adsorption of 20 standard amino acids on (6, 6) carbon nanotube (CNT) at a
concentration of 0.17 M and neutral pH has been studied by molecular dynamics …

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes using mixed surfactants: experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies

B Sohrabi, N Poorgholami-Bejarpasi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The ability of cationic-rich and anionic-rich mixtures of CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium
bromide) and SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate) for dispersing of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in …

Molecular mechanisms responsible for hydrate anti-agglomerant performance

A Phan, T Bui, E Acosta, P Krishnamurthy… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Steered and equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations were employed to study the
coalescence of a sI hydrate particle and a water droplet within a hydrocarbon mixture. The …

Effects of surfactant adsorption on the wettability and friction of biomimetic surfaces

E Weiand, F Rodriguez-Ropero, Y Roiter… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The properties of solid–liquid interfaces can be markedly altered by surfactant adsorption.
Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the adsorption of ionic …

The dispersion, solubilization and stabilization in “solution” of single-walled carbon nanotubes

BI Kharisov, OV Kharissova, AV Dimas - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of contemporary techniques, used for SWCNTs solubilization, from physical (classic
ultrasound (stable and inertial cavitation types of ultrasonic treatment are emphasized) …

Oil-water interfaces with surfactants: A systematic approach to determine coarse-grained model parameters

TV Vu, DV Papavassiliou - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In order to investigate the interfacial region between oil and water with the presence of
surfactants using coarse-grained computations, both the interaction between different …

Surfactant assemblies on selected nanostructured surfaces: evidence, driving forces, and applications

A Striolo, BP Grady - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Surfactant adsorption at solid–liquid interfaces is critical for a number of applications of vast
industrial interest and can also be used to seed surface-modification processes. Many of the …