Covalent decoration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with silica nanoparticles

2005 ◽  
pp. 758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Bottini ◽  
Lutz Tautz ◽  
Huong Huynh ◽  
Edvard Monosov ◽  
Nunzio Bottini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

scholarly journals In situ Fabrication of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Silica Hybrid Colloidosomes by Pickering Emulsion Templating Using Trialkoxysilanes of Opposite Polarity

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorzewski ◽  
Benhaim ◽  
Alkotzer ◽  
Zelinger ◽  
Yaakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Droplet Size ◽  
Opposite Polarity ◽  
Pickering Emulsions ◽  
Volume Percentage ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Emulsion Templating ◽  
Silica Hybrid

A simple and effective way to prepare multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT)//silica hybrid microcapsules (colloidosomes) is presented. These microcapsules have been generated by emulsion templating in a biphasic oil-in-water (o/w) system. Two trialkoxysilanes of complementary polarity, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) and dodecyltriethoxysilane (DTES), were used to chemically immobilize the silica nanoparticles at the o/w interface and stabilize the as-generated Pickering emulsions. The effects of varying the o/w ratio and the concentration of the added solids on the type of emulsion formed, the oil droplet size, as well as the emulsion stability have been investigated. The emulsion phase fraction was dependent on the silica content while the droplet size increased with increasing oil volume percentage. A solid shell emerged around the oil droplets from copolymerization between silane monomers. The thickness of the resulting shells was several hundreds of nm. Although MWNTs and silica nanoparticles both were co-assembled at the o/w interface, silica has shown to be the sole stabilizer, with APTES being crucial for the formation of the shell structure. Drop-casting of the emulsion and air-drying led to hierarchical open porous MWNT-silica nanocomposites. These new structures are promising as electrically conductive thin films for variety of applications, such as electro-optics, encapsulation, or chemical sensing.

Fabrication of silica nanoparticles on the surface of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongfu Zhou ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Hangquan Li ◽  
Zhongjie Du
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Silica Nanoparticles ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Penetrate into Plant Cells and Affect the Growth of Onobrychis arenaria Seedlings

Acta Naturae ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Smirnova ◽  
A A Gusev ◽  
O N Zaitseva ◽  
E M Lazareva ◽  
G E Onishchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes
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