Graphene-based environmental barriers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7717-7724

  Guo, Fei ^a   Silverberg, Gregory ^a   Bowers, Shin ^a   Kim, Sang Pil ^a   Datta, Dibakar ^a   Shenoy, Vivek ^a   Hurt, Robert H ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PERFORMANCE; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CONVECTIVE FLOW; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HG ATOMS; IDEAL BEHAVIOR; INTERLAYER SPACES; LATERAL DIFFUSION; MASS LOADINGS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NIELSEN MODEL; PERMEANTS; POLYETHYLENE FILM; POROUS SUBSTRATES; RESIDUAL WATERS; SHEET MATERIAL; ULTRA-THIN; VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE FILMS; GRAPHENE; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; MERCURY; NANOFILM; POLYETHYLENE; SEALANT;

CARBON; COATING; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FILM; HYDRATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; SUBSTITUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FILM; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID; MASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; THICKNESS; VAPOR;

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; GRAPHITE; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OXIDES; PERMEABILITY; POLYESTERS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84863893407     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301377y     Document Type: Article

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