Vertically-aligned carbon nano-tube membrane filters with superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2192-2197

  Lee, Cheesung ^a   Baik, Seunghyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SEPARATION PROCESS; LOW SURFACE ENERGY; LOW VISCOSITY; MEMBRANE FILTERS; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-WALLED; NANO SCALE; NEEDLE-LIKE; SEPARATION MECHANISM; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; WATER EMULSION; WATER LAYERS;

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOTUBES; OIL SPILLS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISCOSITY;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 77950519037     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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