Long-term colloidal stability and metal leaching of single wall carbon nanotubes: Effect of temperature and extracellular polymeric substances

Water Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-250

  Adeleye, Adeyemi S ^a   Keller, Arturo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon nanotubes; Colloidal stability; Extracellular polymeric substance; Metal leaching

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; GROUNDWATER; IONIC STRENGTH; LEACHING; SEAWATER; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; YARN;

COLLOIDAL METALS; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE-TIME; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; METAL LEACHING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; SINGLE WALL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; STORM WATER;

AGGREGATION; BUOYANCY; CARBON; COLLOID; DISPERSION; LEACHING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEAWATER; STABILIZATION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; IONIC STRENGTH; LEACHING; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER;

AGGREGATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; METAL LEACHING;

BIOPOLYMERS; COLLOIDS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; KINETICS; METALS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SONICATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890285614     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.032     Document Type: Article

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