Research Article

Quantifying the Aggregation Factor in Carbon Nanotube Dispersions by Absorption Spectroscopy

Figure 4

Relationship between the SWCNT concentration after sonication-centrifugation (determined from absorbance data in Figure 2 and Beer’s law from Figure 3) and the as-prepared concentration of the dispersions in NMP (solid curve) and the IPA (dashed curve). The 60 μg/mL dispersion was prepared by sonicating for 20 minutes and the subsequent dilutions from the 60 μg/mL dispersion were sonicated for 30 seconds each to homogenize. The dispersions were centrifuged after every successive dilution.
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