Adsorption of light alkanes and alkenes onto single-walled carbon nanotube bundles: Langmuirian analysis and molecular simulations

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 357, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Cruz, Fernando J A L ^a   Esteves, Isabel A A C ^a   Mota, José P B ^a  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Alkanes; Alkenes; Henry constant; Molecular simulation; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADSORBATES; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ADSORBED LAYERS; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION SITE; ADSORPTIVE PROPERTIES; ALKENES; BET MODEL; DOUBLE BONDS; FINITE NUMBER; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; GROOVE SITES; HENRY CONSTANT; HENRY CONSTANTS; INTERNAL VOLUME; ISOSTERIC HEAT OF ADSORPTION; ISOTHERM MODELS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LIGHT ALKANES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MOLECULAR LENGTH; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SKELETON; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; PAIR POTENTIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE; SMALL MOLECULES; TYPE II;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; HYPOBARISM; ISOTHERM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77049113746     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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