In this study, we report a simple method to coat mesoporous silica onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via a two-step procedure. Mesoporous CNTs@SiO2 composites have been obtained by extracting cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) via an ion-exchange procedure after silica-coated carbon nanotubes were synthesized with the aid of the cationic surfactant CTAB. The coating process was explicitly investi...

Abstract Mixing hydrocarbon surfactants with fluorocarbon is still an important strategy to improve the economic benefits and performances of expand their range application. Herein, we prepared a novel kind hydrocarbon-fluorocarbon surfactant mixtures via mixing cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), tri-block nonionic short-chain (F 9 EG 13 F ) in aqueous solution. The res...

A multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant composite modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was developed as a novel system for the determination of 4-aminoantipyrine(AAP). The oxidation process was irreversible over the pH range studied and exhibited a diffusion controlled behavior. All experimental parameters were optimized. The combination of MWCN...

A new approach involving the introduction of the common cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) for modifying a rutile TiO2 film during its formation from hydrolyzed TiCl4 solution has been adopted, intending to improve the photoelectrochemical properties of the pertinent dye-sensitized solar cell. CTAB-routed films were found to consist of smaller clusters of near-spherical T...

Several pieces of experimental evidence of condensation of soluble surfactant molecules, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), into the air/water surface region from the bulk solution are presented at different added salt concentrations in order to substantiate that the concentrated molecules do not locate just at the air/solution interface. The insoluble monol...

the internal structure of dna-ctab and dna-ddab is investigated by a small angel x- ray scattering(saxs) instrument. hexagonal packing of dna was observed for dna complex with ctab, and for ddabcomplex is observed lamellar structure. variations in the internal spacing and degree of long-range ordering aredependent on both surfactant type and concentrations of added salt. when we increased the a...

Stable aqueous dispersions of citrate-stabilized gold nanorods (cit-GNRs) have been prepared in scalable fashion by surfactant exchange from cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-stabilized GNRs, using polystyrenesulfonate (PSS) as a detergent. The surfactant exchange process was monitored by infrared spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (...

Mixed surfactant systems have the potential to impart controlled combinations of functionality and pore structure to mesoporous metal oxides. Here, we combine a functional glucopyranoside surfactant with a cationic surfactant that readily forms liquid crystalline mesophases. The phase diagram for the ternary system CTAB/H(2)O/n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (C(8)G(1)) at 50 degrees C is measured...

The chromatography of five co-administered drugs i.e. paracetamol, ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium, aspirin and ascorbic acid was performed on various reversed phase layers. The surfactant mediated solvent systems were used with various impregnated silica gel H layers for the chromatography of these five drugs. The various experimental conditions were optimized for the selection of optimum concent...

Silver (Ag) nanoparticles were successfully prepared by using the in-liquid pulsed plasma technique. This method is based on a low voltage, spark discharge in dielectric liquid. We explore effect of protecting ligands, specifically Cetyl Trimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB), Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and Sodium n-Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS), used as surfactant materials to prevent nanoparticle aggrega...