Transport of oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes through silica based porous media: Influences of aquatic chemistry, surface chemistry, and natural organic matter

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 14034-14043

  Yang, Jin ^a   Bitter, Julie L ^b   Smith, Billy A ^b   Fairbrother, D Howard ^b   Ball, William P ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICLE ATTACHMENTS; SILICA GLASS BEADS; SURFACE OXYGEN; SURFACE OXYGEN CONTENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROSTATICS; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IONIC STRENGTH; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM ION; ELECTROLYTE; GLASS; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILICA; SURFACE AREA; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890759061     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402448w     Document Type: Article

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