@article {Chen:2014:1941-4900:301,
title = "Dispersion Stability of Sepiolite Mineral Nanofibers in Water",
journal = "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asp/nnl",
publishercode ="asp",
year = "2014",
volume = "6",
number = "4",
publication date ="2014-04-01T00:00:00",
pages = "301-308",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1941-4900",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/nnl/2014/00000006/00000004/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.1166/nnl.2014.1759",
keyword = "SEPIOLITE NANOFIBERS, SURFACE MODIFICATION, SURFACE FREE ENERGY, DISPERSION STABILITY, TRANSMITTANCE",
author = "Chen, Cong and Wang, Fei and Liang, Jinsheng and Tang, Qingguo and Liu, Haifeng and Liu, Huimin",
abstract = "The surface modification reactions on sepiolite have been carried out to prepare modified sepiolite nanofibers using -(2,3-epoxypropoxy)propytrimethoxysilane, and the dispersion stability of sepiolite nanofibers in water has been systematically studied. The results showed
that the dispersion stability of modified sepiolite nanofibers was improved significantly. When the amount of -(2,3-epoxypropoxy)propytrimethoxysilane in sepiolite nanofibers is 1.63%, the stability of sepiolite nanofibers dispersion reaches the best. The reason was that the
surface modification on sepiolite increased zeta potential and decreased surface free energy, which leads to the increase of repulsive energy between nanofibers and the degradation of attractive energy, respectively. The interaction between repulsive and attractive energy results in the increase
of energy barrier which overcomes agglomeration and sedimentation of sepiolite nanofibers.",
}