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. 2020 Dec 7;17:62. doi: 10.1186/s12989-020-00392-w

Table 2.

Hydrodynamic diameter, zeta potential, and two-dimensional sizing of CNT/F agglomerates dispersed in physiologic dosing media

MW #1 MW #2
Small Agglomerates
MW #2
Large Agglomerates
MW #3 MW #4 MW #5 MW #6 MW #7 CNF #1 CNF #2
Spherical Agglomerates
 % Spherical Agglomerated 87 0 0 83 1 4 0 0 0 0

 Spherical Agglomerate Mean Diameter

μm ± SE

1.28 ± 0.16 N/A N/A 0.81 ± 0.10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Spherical Agglomerate Diameter Geometric Mean

μm (GSD)

0.96 (2.01) N/A N/A 0.66 (1.84) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Bundled Agglomerates
 % Bundle Agglomerates/Singlets 13 N/A N/A 17 99 96 100 100 100 100

 Bundle Agglomerate Mean Length

μm ± SE

1.90 ± 0.37 3.80 ± 0.38 49.55 ± 3.58 1.11 ± 0.25 3.77 ± 0.35 6.27 ± 0.44 9.47 ± 1.26 11.32 ± 1.08 9.30 ± 1.07 2.96 ± 0.36

 Bundle Agglomerate Geometric Mean Length

μm (GSD)

1.66 (1.71) 3.09 (1.82) 47.94 (1.31) 0.72 (2.98) 2.92 (2.05) 5.17 (1.94) 5.90 (2.57) 7.91 (2.49) 6.18 (2.49) 2.11 (2.25)

 Bundle Agglomerate Mean Diameter

μm ± SE

0.38 ± 0.12 0.03 ± 0.00 9.50 ± 2.24 0.03 ± 0.00 0.10 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.01

 Bundle Agglomerate Diameter Geometric Mean

μm (GSD)

0.18 (4.20) 0.03 (1.60) 6.99 (2.24) 0.03 (1.56) 0.08 (1.89) 0.11 (1.07) 0.07 (2.09) 0.09 (1.64) 0.19 (1.42) 0.11 (1.63)

Hydrodynamic

Diameter (nm)

660 ± 19 771 ± 33 608 ± 30 478 ± 24 504 ± 15 714 ± 24 652 ± 26 615 ± 19 664 ± 18
Zeta Potential (pH 7.3) −10.4 ± 0.4 −12.1 ± 0.6 −11.1 ± 0.06 −12.0 ± 0.4 −13.5 ± 0.8 −11.8 ± 0.6 −13.2 ± 0.5 −11.1 ± 0.8 −11.3 ± 0.5