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Published on: August 4, 2017
Carbon nanotube sponge filters for trapping nanoparticles and dye molecules from water
Hongbian Li1, Xuchun Gui, Luhui Zhang
1Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 25, 2010
Abstract:
Carbon nanotube sponges show effective filtration for nanoparticles and dye molecules with different sizes and concentrations from water. The three-dimensional interconnected porous structure formed by entangled nanotubes can trap nanoparticles and molecules by physisorption without the need for chemical functionalization. The sponge filters are potential environmental materials for water treatment.
