Research Article

Amino-Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Using a Factorial Design: Human Cardiac Troponin T Immunosensing Application

Table 1

Experimental factors and their levels employed in fractional factorial design for amino-functionalization of the MWCNT procedure.

ExperimentEDA concentration
− (50%)
+ (100%)
H2SO4 concentration
− (0.1 mol L−1)
+ (1.0 mol L−1)
Time of acid treatment of the EDA
− (1 h)
+ (2 h)
Amination time
− (2 h)
+ (4 h)
Amino-MWCNT dispersion time
− (2 h)
+ (4 h)
( A) mean values

1+0.5757
2+0.4328
3+0.2803
4+++0.2803
5+0.4131
6+++0.4278
7+++0.6383
8+++0.3049
9+0.4065
10+++0.3443
11+++0.4319
12+++0.2983
13+++0.2492
14+++0.2131
15+++0.4820
16+++++0.4475