Ion-Responsive Channels of Zwitterion-Carbon Nanotube Membrane for Rapid Water Permeation and Ultrahigh Mono-/Multivalent Ion Selectivity

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7488-7496

  Liu, Tian Yin ^a   Yuan, Hao Ge ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Tang, Yuan Hui ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Qian, Weizhong ^a   Bruggen, Bart Van Der ^b   Wang, Xiaolin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; ion responsive; membrane; zwitterion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; IONS; MEMBRANES; NEGATIVE IONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANES; MONOVALENT ANIONS; NACL CONCENTRATION; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; RESPONSIVE MEMBRANES; SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY; SEPARATION PROCESS; ZWITTERION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ANION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GLUCOSE; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFATE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; PERMEABILITY;

ANIONS; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PERMEABILITY; SULFATES;

EID: 84938150020     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02598     Document Type: Article

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