Dispersions of Hollow and Bamboo-Like Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Polyethyleneimine: Critical Analysis of the Preparation Conditions and Applications for Electrochemical Sensing

This work is focused on the critical analysis of the influence of the experimental conditions on the efficient dispersion of hollow-type (hMWCNT) and bamboo-like (bMWCNT) multiwall carbon nanotubes with polyethyleneimine (PEI). Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies demonstrated that the adequate...

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Autores: Eguilaz Rubio, Marcos, Ferreyra, Nancy Fabiana, Rivas, Gustavo Adolfo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/31362
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/31362
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multiwalled Carbon Nanotbes
Carbon Nanotubes Dispersion
Electrochemical Sensors
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Sumario:This work is focused on the critical analysis of the influence of the experimental conditions on the efficient dispersion of hollow-type (hMWCNT) and bamboo-like (bMWCNT) multiwall carbon nanotubes with polyethyleneimine (PEI). Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies demonstrated that the adequate combination of optimized ultracavitation and centrifugation is essential to obtain successful dispersions. The selected conditions were 1.0 mg mL−1 hMWCNT in 3.0 mg mL−1 PEI sonicated with a sonicator probe operating at 50 % of amplitude for 300 s and centrifuged at 9000 rpm for 15 min. Bamboo-like multiwall carbon nanotubes were faster exfoliated and glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with the resulting dispersion allowed the amperometric detection of hydrogen peroxide at lower potentials (0.100 V) with a detection limit of 5.5 µM.