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Surface modification
About: Surface modification is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 35544 publications have been published within this topic receiving 859567 citations.
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TL;DR: A review of surface analysis techniques used to characterize the surface structure and chemistry of carbon nanofibers and related carbon materials can be found in this paper, where the authors evaluate the methods used to modif...
Abstract: Carbon nanofibers are high-aspect ratio graphitic materials that have been investigated for numerous applications due to their unique physical properties such as high strength, low density, metallic conductivity, tunable morphology, chemical and environmental stabilities, as well as compatibility with organochemical modification. Surface studies are extremely important for nanomaterials because not only is the surface structurally and chemically quite different from the bulk, but its properties tend to dominate at the nanoscale due to the drastically increased surface-to-volume ratio. This review surveys recent developments in surface analysis techniques used to characterize the surface structure and chemistry of carbon nanofibers and related carbon materials. These techniques include scanning probe microscopy, infrared and electron spectroscopies, electron microscopy, ion spectrometry, temperature-programed desorption, and atom probe analysis. In addition, this article evaluates the methods used to modif...
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TL;DR: A well-defined amine-functionalized silica surface displaying evidence of isolated amine sites is prepared using a molecular patterning technique and a tritylimine patterning agent is used to spatiallize the surface.
Abstract: A well-defined amine-functionalized silica surface displaying evidence of isolated amine sites is prepared using a molecular patterning technique. A tritylimine patterning agent is used to spatiall...
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TL;DR: Graphene sheets were covalently functionalized with aromatic-aliphatic amino acids (phenylalanine and tyrosine) by simple and green procedure as discussed by the authors, and Amino acid functionalized graphene demonstrates stable dispersion in water and common organic solvents.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of annealing on the membrane performance was investigated by changing the annesaling temperature in DI water, which had great influence on reducing pore size of PAN membrane.
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TL;DR: In this article, low-pressure air plasma has been used to improve polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surface properties for technical applications and the results showed a considerable improvement in surface wettability and the surface free energy values even for short exposure times in the different discharge areas (discharge area, afterglow area and remote area).
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