Salting-in effect in organic dispersions of poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-carbon-nanotubes

C. Bounioux; A. Bar-Hen; R. Yerushalmi-Rozen

doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc00802f

Salting-in effect in organic dispersions of poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-carbon-nanotubes

C. Bounioux, A. Bar-Hen, R. Yerushalmi-Rozen

Department of Chemical Engineering

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Addition of small concentrations of different inorganic salts to THF solutions of poly(3-hexyl thiophene), which contain non-dispersed powder of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWNTs), was found to "salt-in" the precipitated tubes leading to the formation of a stable dispersion of the MWNTs. This effect seems to result from a salt-induced conformational change of polymer chains adsorbed onto the CNTs, resulting in the onset of (entropic) steric repulsion among polymer-decorated chains.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	6343-6345
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	51
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc00802f
State	Published - 14 Apr 2015

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
General Chemistry
Ceramics and Composites
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Catalysis

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Salting-in effect in organic dispersions of poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-carbon-nanotubes

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