Ion-separation and water-purification using single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

Desalination

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 236-243

  Nasrabadi, Amir Taghavi ^a   Foroutan, Masumeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Ion separation; Molecular dynamics simulation; Nanoelectrode

Indexed keywords

CHARGED CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; EXTERNAL FIELDS; HYDRATION SHELL; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; ION PAIRS; ION-SEPARATION; LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NACL SOLUTION; NANO SCALE; NANO-ELECTRODES; NANOELECTRODE; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; WATER MOLECULE;

DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79960159520     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.04.028     Document Type: Article

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