Removal of trihalomethanes from aqueous solution through armchair carbon nanotubes: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-75

  Azamat, Jafar ^a   Khataee, Alireza ^a   Joo, Sang Woo ^b   Yin, Binfeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Graphene; Molecular simulations; Nanostructured membrane; Trihalomethane

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES;

APPLIED PRESSURE; ARMCHAIR CARBON NANOTUBES; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MEMBRANES; SIMULATION BOXES; TRIHALOMETHANES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PRESSURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTIONS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922787669     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: 18734243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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