Photoinduced superwetting single-walled carbon nanotube/TiO2 ultrathin network films for ultrafast separation of oil-in-water emulsions

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6344-6352

  Gao, Shou Jian ^a   Shi, Zhun ^a   Zhang, Wen Bin ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Jin, Jian ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

emulsion separation; superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic; ultrathin film

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FUEL PURIFICATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SEPARATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EMULSION SEPARATIONS; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 84903470626     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501851a     Document Type: Article

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