Gas sorption properties of zwitterion-functionalized carbon nanotubes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-94

  Surapathi, Anil ^a   Chen, Hang yan ^b   Marand, Eva ^a   Karl Johnson, J ^b,c   Sedlakova, Zdenka ^d  

^a State University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Experiment; Gas sorption; Simulation; Zwitterion functionalized membrane

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED NANOTUBES; GAS SORPTION; GAS SORPTION PROPERTIES; GASPHASE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PRESENCE OF WATER; SIMULATION; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; NANOTUBES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMPHOLYTE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84871410081     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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