The medical applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have garnered much attention. However, evaluating the safety of CNTs remains difficult, and no consensus has been reached. Moreover, assessing the biosafety of multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs), which can become tangled during manufacturing, is challenging because they do not readily disperse. We studied how the dispersion state of tangled MWCNTs aff...

Here we demonstrate through experiment and simulation the polymer-assisted dispersion of inorganic 2D layered nanomaterials such as boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs), molybdenum disulfide nanosheets (MoS2), and tungsten disulfide nanosheets (WS2), and we show that spray drying can be used to alter such nanosheets into a crumpled morphology. Our data indicate that polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) can a...

Oil spills in oceans cause irreparable damage to marine life and harm the coastal populations of affected areas. It is therefore fundamental to develop treatment strategies for such spills. Currently, chemical dispersants have been used during oil spills, although these agents have been increasingly restricted due to their toxic potential. Thus, the aim of the present study was to formulate a b...

The aquatic organisms toxicity testing protocols developed by the chemical response to oil spills: Ecological Research Forum (CROSERF) were evaluated for applicability to assessing chemical dispersant toxicity under subarctic conditions. CROSERF participants developed aquatic toxicity testing protocols with the foremost objective of standardizing test methods and reducing inter-laboratory varia...

Within EU approval policies, most dispersant ecotoxicity testing considers lethal concentrations for marine adult species, overlooking the embryotoxicological effects. Here we studied of two commercial formulations (dispersant A and B) on embryogenesis ascidian Ciona robusta. Embryotoxicity phenotypic alterations stated that B resulted more toxic than (EC50 value 44.30 160 μg mL−1, respectively...

Subbituminous coal was employed as raw material for the extraction of humic acid (HA) to be applied as ceramic dispersant. The extraction process is described in detail, showing it is a relatively simple procedure, which makes the production attractive and feasible on a laboratory scale. The HA was characterized via elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal behavior (TGA/DTA), z...

This paper presents the features of electrophoretic deposition TiO2, TiO2-$$$MWCNT composites. The influence various dispersant additives in suspension on mobility TiO2 particles and morphology formed layer has been studied. effect modification by Au Cu clusters photocatalytic activity was investigated.

A new dispersant for stabilization of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in water that simultaneously utilizes three different dispersion or stabilization mechanisms: surfactant adsorption, polymeric wrapping, and Coulomb repulsive interaction, has been demonstrated. The new dispersant, a charged rod-like nanoparticle (cROD), is a cylindrical micelle wrapped by negatively charged polymers whi...