Interfacial Phenomena at the Interface in the System «Carbon Primary Materials-Water Solutions of Surfactants» for Cement Materials

The formation of sustainable concrete is directly relaed to the intensity of the processes occurring at the interface of phases. The study of the surface properties of CNPLUS carbon nanotubes in solutions of various plasticizers was carried out by measuring and calculating adsorption. The applicability of the adsorption value is for forecasting both the efficiency of dispersion and aggregative and sedimentative stability of the obtained dispersion systems. It was stated that two-dimensional pressure arising at the interface of adsorption layers in the dispersive medium with the surfactant Tensafor 2553.2 J/m2 is sufficient to overcome adhesive strength on a small area of the localized contact of carbon nanoparticles CNPLUS, which explains the peptization and stabilization of the particles’ surface. It was established that full stabilization of nanoparticles in the aqueous dispersive medium could be ensured only by means of soap-like surfactants, with the compound potassium naphthalene sulfonate (Tensafor). It ensures formation of the micelle-like structure in coagulation layers that forms a structural and mechanical barrier with the external hydrophilic surface. This leads to the increase in the ultimate tensile strength of the concrete grout specimens by 38%.

Peroxidase catalytic activity of carbon nanoparticles for glutathione detection

Peroxidases are present widely in microorganisms and plants, and catalyze many reactions.

Влияние межмолекулярного взаимодействия на нелинейно-оптические свойства в системах COANP-углеродные наночастицы

The main results of non-linear optical, spectral and current-voltage characteristics research of pyridine organic conjugated molecule-carbon nanoparticles combined system have been presented. The perspective of these materials further study in global trends of modern search of materials for optical limiting has been demonstrated also in the present paper.

Assessment of Potential Toxicity of Onion-like Carbon Nanoparticles from Grilled Turbot Scophthalmus maximus L.

Although the presence of foodborne nanoparticles was confirmed in grilled fish in a previous study, the evaluation of potential health risks of these NPs was insufficient. In the present study, the potential toxicity of onion-like carbon nanoparticles (OCNPs) separated from grilled turbot Scophthalmus maximus L. was evaluated using mouse osteoblasts cells model and zebrafish (Danio rerio) model. Cytotoxicity evaluation revealed that the OCNPs penetrated into the MC3T3-E1 cells without arousing cell morphology changes. No evident apoptosis or damage of cells was observed with increasing OCNPs’ concentration to 20 mg/mL. In the hemolysis test, OCNPs did not show an obvious hemolysis effect on red blood cells. In the acute toxicity test, the LC50 value (212.431 mg/L) of OCNPs to zebrafish showed a weak acute toxicity. In subacute toxicity test, after exposure to OCNPs (30 mg/L, 40 mg/L) for 10 days, a significant increase of reactive oxygen species level of zebrafish was observed. Meanwhile, redundant ROS content caused inhibition to several antioxidant enzymes and induced lipid and protein peroxidation damages according to the upregulation of malondialdehyde and protein carbonyl levels. The chronic toxicity test results indicated that oxidative stress was only observed in the high concentration group of OCNPs-treated zebrafish.

CARBON NANOPARTICLES BASED ON THERMALLY EXPANDED GRAPHITE: EFFECT OF THE TEG OBTAINING ROUTE ON THE PARTICLES MORPHOLOGY

В работе представлены результаты исследования морфологии углеродных наночастиц, образующихся при жидкофазном расслоении терморасширенного графита в трет-бутаноле. Используемый в работе терморасширенный графит получен путем термического расширения соинтеркалата нитрата графита с уксусной и муравьиной кислотами в режиме термоудара при 500°С и 900 °С. Исходный соинтеркалант по данным рентгенофазового анализа представляет собой смесь соединений II-й и IV-й стадий интеркалирования. Методом просвечивающей электронной микроскопии установлено, что дисперсии углеродных наночастиц, образующиеся при расслоении терморасширенного графита в трет-бутаноле под действием ультразвука, содержат в основном малослойные графены, планарные размеры которых достигают 8 мкм. Обсуждается влияние условий получения терморасширенного графита на морфологию образующихся углеродных наночастиц. Дисперсии на основе терморасширенного графита, полученного при более низкой температуре, помимо малослойных графенов содержат также значительное количество аморфных углеродных частиц с планарными размерами до 100 нм. The paper presents the investigation results of the morphology of carbon nanoparticles formed during liquid-phase exfoliation of thermally expanded graphite in tert-butanol. The thermally expanded graphite used in this work was obtained by thermal expansion of graphite nitrate with acetic and formic acids in the thermal shock mode at 500 °C and 900 °C. Initial cointercalate was shown by powder X-ray diffraction analysis to be the mixture of the II and the IV stage intercalation compounds. It has been established by transmission electron microscopy that dispersions of carbon nanoparticles formed during the exfoliation of thermally expanded graphite in tert-butanol via sonication contain mainly few-layer graphenes, the planar dimensions of which reach 8 pm. The influence of the conditions for thermally expanded graphite obtaining on the morphology of resulting carbon nanoparticles is discussed. Dispersions based on thermally expanded graphite obtained at a lower temperature, in addition to few-layer graphenes, also contain a significant amount of amorphous carbon particles with planar sizes up to 100 nm.