Zinc ion adsorption on carbon nanotubes in an aqueous solution

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Ansari, A ^a   Mehrabian, M A ^a   Hashemipour, H ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electrostatic force; Functional groups; Heavy metals; Interaction energy; Molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878293198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18994741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10026-012-0081-6     Document Type: Article

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