Molecular Dynamics Study of Carbon Nanotubes/Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Polymerization, Structure, and Hydration

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 24566-24575

  Araki, Takumi ^a,b   Cruz Silva, Rodolfo ^a   Tejima, Syogo ^a,b   Takeuchi, Kenji ^a   Hayashi, Takuya ^a   Inukai, Shigeki ^a   Noguchi, Toru ^a   Tanioka, Akihiko ^a   Kawaguchi, Takeyuki ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^a,c   Endo, Morinobu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desalination; diffusion; molecular dynamics; nanocomposite membrane; polymer network; radial distribution

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PORE SIZE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; POLYMER NETWORKS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); TUBULAR STRUCTURES; WATER MOLECULE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84946926044     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06248     Document Type: Article

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