PMID- 22662874
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121029
LR  - 20120703
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 13
DP  - 2012 Jul 3
TI  - Release of carbon nanotubes from an epoxy-based nanocomposite during an abrasion 
      process.
PG  - 7366-72
LID - 10.1021/es300320y [doi]
AB  - The abrasion behavior of an epoxy/carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite was 
      investigated. An experimental setup has been established to perform abrasion, 
      particle measurement, and collection all in one. The abraded particles were 
      characterized by particle size distribution and by electron microscopy. The 
      abrasion process was carried out with a Taber Abraser, and the released particles 
      were collected by a tube for further investigation. The particle size 
      distributions were measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) and an 
      aerodynamic particle sizer (APS) and revealed four size modes for all measured 
      samples. The mode corresponding to the smallest particle sizes of 300-400 nm was 
      measured with the SMPS and showed a trend of increasing size with increasing 
      nanofiller content. The three measured modes with particle sizes from 0.6 to 2.5 
      mum, measured with the APS, were similar for all samples. The measured particle 
      concentrations were between 8000 and 20,000 particles/cm(3) for measurements with 
      the SMPS and between 1000 and 3000 particles/cm(3) for measurements with the APS. 
      Imaging by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that free-standing 
      individual CNTs and agglomerates were emitted during abrasion.
FAU - Schlagenhauf, Lukas
AU  - Schlagenhauf L
AD  - Laboratory for Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Testing 
      and Research, Dubendorf, Switzerland.
FAU - Chu, Bryan T T
AU  - Chu BT
FAU - Buha, Jelena
AU  - Buha J
FAU - Nuesch, Frank
AU  - Nuesch F
FAU - Wang, Jing
AU  - Wang J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120620
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Epoxy Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Epoxy Compounds/*chemistry
MH  - Nanocomposites/*chemistry/ultrastructure
MH  - Nanotubes, Carbon/*chemistry/ultrastructure
MH  - Particle Size
EDAT- 2012/06/06 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/30 06:00
CRDT- 2012/06/06 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es300320y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Jul 3;46(13):7366-72. doi: 10.1021/es300320y. Epub 2012 
      Jun 20.