Local and long-range solute and solvent ordering in concentrated nanotube gels and solutions

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Manipulating nanoparticles in liquids is crucial for their scalable implementation in future technologies. For example, such liquids can be used like paint to create uniform films over large areas at low costs. We have developed a method to dissolve the highly promising nanoparticles known as 'carbon nanotubes'. These minute tubes, 10,000th the size of a human hair, promise an array of important future applications from flat screens to smart textiles. In this experiment, we will use neutron scattering to measure the arrangement of the solvent molecules around the nanotubes in our solutions, in order to understand how they dissolve. We will also investigate predictions that the nanotubes will line up at high concentrations. The knowledge gained will permit the optimisation of these liquids for their use in creating future nanotube-based technologies.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1910503-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/103213559
Provenance
Creator Miss Camilla Di Mino; Dr Andrew Seel; Dr Chris Howard; Dr Milo Shaffer; Dr Neal Skipper; Dr Tom Headen; Dr Adam Clancy; Mr Liam Agostino Vincenzo Nagle-Cocco; Dr René Riedel; Mr Liam Nagle-Cocco
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-06-11T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-06-18T07:39:58Z