Nano Research & Applications

Effect of Ethonium Adsorption on Structure Formation in Nanosilica Dispersions

Adsorption of ethonium on silica surface strongly affects the particle size distribution, stability and rheological properties of aqueous dispersions of fumed silica. The Sshape of isotherm of ethonium adsorption on nanosilica suggests the multilayer adsorption. The adsorption of ethonium leads to changes in the shape of the pHdependence of the zeta-potential and a significant increase in the particle sizes in the aqueous dispersions of silica. A marked increase in the colloidal stability is observed for the dispersions at silica concentration of 5 wt.%, while for 1 wt.% dispersions the ethonium presence almost does not affect the stability. The rheological properties of the dispersions depend on the ethonium concentration, and the maximum values of the viscosity and rheopectic behavior are observed at ethonium concentration of 0.1-0.3 wt.%

Author(s):

Olena Goncharuk, Vladimir M Gunko, Andriy Ugnivenko, Konrad Terpilowski, Ewa Skwarek and Wladyslaw Janusz

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