This aims to prepare multiwall carbon nanotubes / polymer nanocomposite stabilized by 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium (BMIM)-surfactant. Dispersibility of MWCNTs in cellulose and natural rubber latex polymer matrix was studied and prepared via latex technology approaches by addition of 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium (BMIM)- surfactant. The ability of BMIM-surfactants for dispersing MWCNTs in polymer was characterized using a range of techniques including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and small angle neutron scattering (SANS). And for-point probe measurements. Research finding showed that MWCNTs were more efficiently dispersed in cellulose utilizing 1-butyl-3 methylimidazolium- dodecyl benzene sulfonate (BMIM-DBS) than commercially available surfactant sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS). In conclusion, surfactant counterion gives an importance effect to improve the dispersibility of MWCNTs in cellulose. In implication, the results wi.....

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