Enhanced condensation, agglomeration, and rejection of water vapor by superhydrophobic aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube membranes

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5980-5987

  Yoon, Dokyung ^a,b   Lee, Cheesung ^a   Yun, Jongju ^c   Jeon, Wonjae ^c   Cha, Bong Jun ^b   Baik, Seunghyun ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube membrane; permeability; selectivity; water vapor filtering

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; CHANNEL DIMENSION; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; ENHANCED CONDENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; FLOWTHROUGH; GAS MOLECULES; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH SELECTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL SPACE; LOW ENERGIES; MIXTURE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NEW MECHANISMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEATE FLUX; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION MECHANISM; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TARGET MOLECULE; WATER GAS;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPECT RATIO; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CONDENSATION; FILTRATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

VAPORS;

EID: 84864208542     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3008756     Document Type: Article

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