THE STUDY OF ADSORPTION OF ANTHRACENE ONTO PMMA-FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS AND PRISTINE MWCNTS BY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUE

Ay U., Isik M., ARSU N.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, vol.26, no.6, pp.3886-3890, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.3886-3890
  • Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, Luminescence, Anthracene, Adsorption, WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS, ORGANIC-CHEMICALS, AQUEOUS-SOLUTION, COMPOSITES, DISPERSION, SORPTION, CURVATURE, WATER, IONS
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Adsorption of anthracene as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecule on the pristine multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and functionalized MWCNTs with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has been investigated in an attempt to explore adsorption mechanisms. The morphology of MWCNTs was observed by a Scanning Electron Microscope. Thermal Gravimetric Analysis was used to obtain the degree of polymer functionalization of MWCNTs after the thermal polymerization of Methyl methacrylate (MMA) with benzoylperoxide. Changing of fluorescence intensity as a function of time is recorded to follow the variance of adsorption.