Salt rejection and water transport through boron nitride nanotubes

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Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2183-2190

  Hilder, Tamsyn A ^a   Gordon, Daniel ^a   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Filters; Membranes; Molecular dynamics; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; FILTERS; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HIGH-ENERGY BARRIERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOTUBE RADII; SALT REJECTIONS; SILICON NITRIDE MEMBRANE; WATER FLOWS; WATER MOLECULE; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

BORON; BORON NITRIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DESALINATION; FLOW OF WATER; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METAL REFINING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PURIFICATION; SILICON NITRIDE; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BORON DERIVATIVE; ELBOR; INORGANIC SALT; NANOTUBE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION;

BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION; NANOTUBES; SALTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WATER;

EID: 70349858288     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900349     Document Type: Article

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