TY - JOUR A1 - Hanelt, Sven A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Meyer-Plath, Asmus T1 - UV spectrometric indirect analysis of brominated MWCNTs with UV active thiols and an alkene-reaction kinetics, quantification and differentiation of adsorbed bromine and oxygen JF - Materials N2 - Indirect UV-absorption spectrometry was shown to be a valuable tool for chemical characterization of functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs). It complements data from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) or FTIR analysis since it helps to clarify the type and concentration of functional groups. The principles of indirect application of UV-spectrometry and its mathematical interpretation are discussed. Their facile application, together with their adequate sensitivity and high flexibility, make UV-absorption-based approaches a valuable alternative to fluorescence spectrometry. Here, the approach was applied to the chemical analysis of oxidizing substances on CNTs. For this, pristine CNTs of low but finite oxygen content as well as brominated CNTs were analyzed by reaction in suspension with UV-active thiol reagents and a styrene derivative. It was shown that carefully selected reagents allow differentiation and quantification of bromine and generally oxidizing entities like oxygen. For brominated CNTs, it was shown that physisorbed bromine may dominate the overall bromine content. KW - Carbon nanotubes KW - CNTs KW - UV-spectrometry KW - Bromination KW - Thiols KW - Mercaptans KW - Disulfides KW - Quantification KW - Kinetics PY - 2013 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-289077 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma6083035 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 6 IS - 8 SP - 3035 EP - 3063 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-28907 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Géraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas T1 - Environmental effects on the sliding behaviour of PEEK composites JF - Wear N2 - The sliding performance of PEEK materials against steel discs was investigated in air, vacuum and hydrogen environment. KW - Sliding friction KW - PEEK KW - Graphite KW - TiO2 KW - CNTs KW - Vacuum KW - Hydrogen PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2016.09.019 SN - 0043-1648 SN - 1873-2577 VL - 368 SP - 278 EP - 286 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-37927 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -