Photothermal-responsive single-walled carbon nanotube-based ultrathin membranes for on/off switchable separation of oil-in-water nanoemulsions

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 4835-4842

  Hu, Liang ^a   Gao, Shoujian ^a   Ding, Xianguang ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Jiang, Jiang ^a   Jin, Jian ^a   Jiang, Lei ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

emulsion separation; light modulated flux; oil in water nanoemulsion; photothermal responsivity; ultrathin membrane

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; CARBON; EMULSIFICATION; GOLD; LIGHT MODULATION; MEMBRANES; NANORODS; PORE SIZE; SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

EMULSION SEPARATIONS; N- ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; NANOEMULSION; OIL CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; RESPONSIVITY; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); ULTRA-THIN MEMBRANES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84930640321     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5062854     Document Type: Article

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