Multifunctional and recollectable carbon nanotube ponytails for water purification

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9426-9434

  Wang, Haitao ^a   Ma, Hanyu ^a   Zheng, Wen ^b   An, Dingding ^b   Na, Chongzheng ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube array; composite without polymeric binder; industrial wastewater; layered double hydroxide; layered double oxide; palladium nanoparticles; pathogenic microorganism

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; LAYERED DOUBLE OXIDE; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERIC BINDER;

WATER POLLUTION;

4-NITROPHENOL; CARBON NANOTUBE; NITROPHENOL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITROPHENOLS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84903525576     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501810f     Document Type: Article

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