The influence of nitric acid treatment on the crystallographic structure of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

MY Norazlina, S Azizah, MF Dimin… - Applied Mechanics …, 2015 - Trans Tech Publ
Commercially available Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) were refluxed with nitric
acid in order to improve the density of the acidic surface functional groups. The formation of …

The functionalization and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

MP Abdullah, SA Zulkepli - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Functionalization is the process of introducing chemical functional groups on the surface of
the material. In this study, a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) was functionalized by …

Effect of acid treatment on the multiwalled carbon nanotubes

S Rahmam, NM Mohamed, S Sufian - Materials Research …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have gained great interest for research in many applications
because of their unique characteristics, such as having high porosity, high surface area and …

Influence of chemical treatment on the morphology and functionalization of carbon nanotubes

R Araujo, MFV Marques, R Jonas… - … of Nanoscience and …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were functionalized by different oxidative
treatments to insert polar groups on their surface. The treatments included sulfuric/nitric acid …

A study on the dependence of structure of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on acid treatment

S Sahebian, SM Zebarjad, J Vahdati Khaki… - Journal of Nanostructure …, 2015 - Springer
In the current research, the role of both concentrated nitric acid and ultrasound waves on
oxidation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was studied. The functionalized …

Effects of different carbon precursors on synthesis of multiwall carbon nanotubes: Purification and Functionalization

Y Shirazi, MA Tofighy, T Mohammadi, A Pak - Applied Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Cyclohexanol and xylene were used as carbon precursors, for synthesis of multiwall carbon
nanotubes (MWCNTs) arrays in a CVD system at temperature of 750° C, using nitrogen as …

A New Purification Way for Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

L Shen, M Liu - Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
A new purification procedure was used for the purification of multiwalled carbon nanotube
(MWCNTs) based on nitric acid oxidation. Using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and …

The effect of chemical treatment on the crystallinity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

K Yang, H Han, X Pan, N Chen, M Gu - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were chemically treated using nitric acid solution
for different time. Quantitative analysis of the crystallinity of the MWCNTs was performed by …

Carboxylation treatment of multiwalled carbon nanotubes monitored by infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopies and scanning probe microscopy

S Goyanes, GR Rubiolo, A Salazar, A Jimeno… - Diamond and related …, 2007 - Elsevier
The effect of acid treatment on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was investigated
through analysis of their morphologies followed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The …

Mild hydrothermal treatment to prepare highly dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes

L Zhang, Y Hashimoto, T Taishi, QQ Ni - Applied Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with improved dispersion property have been
prepared by a mild and fast hydrothermal treatment. The hydrothermal process avoids using …