PH-and solute-dependent adsorption of single-wall carbon nanotubes onto hydrogels: Mechanistic insights into the metal/semiconductor separation

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 10285-10295

  Hirano, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Takeshi ^a   Urabe, Yasuko ^a   Kataura, Hiromichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

adsorption; carbon nanotube; hydrogel; pH; salt; separation; urea

Indexed keywords

ADSORBABILITIES; BASIC CONDITIONS; COUNTERIONS; ELECTROSTATIC SCREENING; HYDROPHOBIC INTERFACE; MECHANISTIC MODELING; PH DEPENDENCE; POSITIVE CHARGES;

ADSORPTION; BAND STRUCTURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDENSATION; ELECTROSTATICS; METABOLISM; PH; SALTS; SEPARATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; UREA;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84888863877     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4046776     Document Type: Article

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