A review on carbon nanotubes in an environmental protection and green engineering perspective

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-242

  Ong, Yit Thai ^a   Ahmad, Abdul Latif ^a   Zein, Sharif Hussein Sharif ^a   Tan, Soon Huat ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air pollution monitoring; Biotechnologies; Carbon nanotubes; Environment; Renewable energy; Supercapacitors; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUPERCAPACITOR; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; ENGINEERING FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77956206115     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322010000200002     Document Type: Article

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