Review Article

Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Nanostructured Carbon Black: A Review

Table 1

Physical and chemical properties of carbon black nanomaterial.

PropertyData

ShapeSpherical particles strongly bonded to form aggregates
Particle size (nm)3.0 to 100
Electrical conductivity (S m−1) [18]1.0 to 2.0 × 103
Thermal conductivity (W m−1 K−1) [19]0.2 to 0.3
Tensile strength [20]20 to 50
Surface area (m2 g−1) [21, 22]15 to 1000
Young’s modulus (MN m−2 [23]1 to 50
Poisson [23]0.494 to 0.500
Hydrodynamic diameters [24]794
-potential values, [24]+29.4

reported to a typical carbon black-filled rubber. dispersion of VALCAN@6 (ISAF, ASTM N220) CB from Cabot Co, USA, with primary particles diameter of ≈25–50 nm.